Amazon Simple Notification Service – an easy messaging system in the cloud
Amazon recently announced a new service called Simple Notification Service. It provides a cheap publish/subscribe messaging system in the cloud. You can learn how to use it by visiting...
View ArticleAmazon AWS Java SDK released
Amazon recently announced the AWS SDK for java. SDK or a java api is very much needed – especially if you are writing your automation scripts in groovy. We have tried multiple java apis in our scripts...
View ArticleWhy Amazon’s new AWS java sdk sucks
I am an ardent fan and user of Amazon’s AWS and that is the reason I don’t like their new API. Amazon has so far done a great job of making their services very intuitive, simple and easy to use. But...
View Article7 Tips for running HBase in EC2
We are running a HBase (Currently 0.20.4) cluster on ec2. I thought it will be useful for others to know some tips about running HBase in EC2. 1) Use private dns addresses in config files such as...
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Choosing the right metrics for autoscaling your ec2 cluster
At GumGum we are using autoscaling successfully. Choosing the right metrics for autoscaling is an ongoing process as your cluster and applications change. When we researched which metrics to use for...
View ArticleWeb Service version of the EC2 Instance Metadata Query Tool
I think most of the EC2 users know about EC2′s instance metadata query tool. It’s an executable you can install on your ec2 instance. Once you save the file and make it executable you can get metadata...
View ArticleArchitecting for Cloud
A sunny Sunday morning. I am preparing to go out with my wife. And suddenly a pingdom alert comes to my phone. The website is down! I run to my ubuntu desktop and hurriedly open ylastic, amazon aws...
View ArticleManage EBS snapshots with a python script
I was looking for a simple script that creates a new ebs snapshot and deletes all the previous snapshots except a few newest snapshots. I found a script written in php called manage snapshots at...
View ArticleHBase on EC2 using EBS volumes : Lessons Learned
We started using HBase on EC2 sometime back in 2009. We thought that our data is important and we should have an option of restoring the data. We attached EBS volumes to our HBase nodes and configured...
View Articlehbase on ec2 – the architectural debate
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