Month: May 2016

Amazon Redshift UNION ALL queries and VACUUM commands now run up to 10x faster

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UNION ALL performance improvement: Business analytics often involves time-series data, which is data generated or aggregated daily, weekly, monthly or at other intervals. By storing time-series data in separate tables—one table for each time interval—and using a UNION ALL view over those tables, you can avoid potentially costly table updates. Amazon Redshift now runs UNION Read more about Amazon Redshift UNION ALL queries and VACUUM commands now run up to 10x faster[…]

Amazon Elastic Transcoder Now Supports MPEG-DASH

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You can now use Amazon Elastic Transcoder to create MPEG-DASH streams. MPEG-DASH is a standard for HTTP based adaptive bitrate streaming of video. With Elastic Transcoder support for MPEG-DASH, you can now reach a wide range of DASH-compatible devices (from desktop to mobile and OTT) with fewer output renditions created using the same easy workflows Read more about Amazon Elastic Transcoder Now Supports MPEG-DASH[…]

EC2 now supports the ability to capture screenshots of an instance console

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Instance Console Screenshot provides an on-demand screenshot of the instance console, conveying valuable debug information. This capability is particularly useful when diagnosing instances that have become unreachable via RDP (Windows) or SSH (Linux) due to in-progress software updates, VM Import issues, or other blocking system events. Screenshots can be viewed in the AWS console or accessed Read more about EC2 now supports the ability to capture screenshots of an instance console[…]

How To Provision and Manage Remote Docker Hosts with Docker Machine on CentOS 7

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Introduction Docker Machine is a tool that makes it easy to provision and manage multiple Docker hosts remotely from your personal computer. Such servers are commonly referred to as Dockerized hosts, and as a matter of course, can be used to run Docker containers. While Docker Machine can be installed on a local or a Read more about How To Provision and Manage Remote Docker Hosts with Docker Machine on CentOS 7[…]

How To Install and Use Docker on CentOS 7

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Introduction Docker is an application that makes it simple and easy to run application processes in a container, which are like virtual machines, only more portable, more resource-friendly, and more dependent on the host operating system. For a detailed introduction to the different components of a Docker container, check out The Docker Ecosystem: An Introduction Read more about How To Install and Use Docker on CentOS 7[…]

PCI DSS Standardized Architecture on the AWS Cloud: Quick Start Reference Deployment

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This Quick Start deploys a standardized environment that helps organizations with workloads that fall in scope for Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) compliance. The Quick Start includes AWS CloudFormation templates that automate the deployment, relying on the requirements of PCI DSS version 3.1. The Quick Start also includes a security controls reference, Read more about PCI DSS Standardized Architecture on the AWS Cloud: Quick Start Reference Deployment[…]