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VM micro (below 1 vCPU)
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1vCPU minimum
Smallest vm size is 1vCPU
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g
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EC2 instances nano, micro, small
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/
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VM Small (up to 8 vCPU)
Details
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Available : Configurable mem up to 64GB
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n-standard-8
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EC2 instances medium, large, xlarge,
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/
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VM Medium (up to 16 vCPU)
Details
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Available : Configurable mem up to 128GB
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n1-standard-16
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EC2 instances 2xlarge
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/
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VM Large (up to 32 vCPU)
Details
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Available : Configurable mem up to 242GB
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n1-standard-32
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EC2 instances 4xlarge
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/
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VM XLarge (up to 64 vCPU 128GB RAM)
Details
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Max 56 core with mem up to 242GB
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n1-standard-64
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EC2 instances 10xlarge
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/
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VM XXLarge (up to 128 vCPU 2TB RAM)
Details
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Not available as VM (Baremetal option : per Month)
https://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/bluemix/gpu-computing
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No
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EC2 instance 32xlarge
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/
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GPU VM Large (up to 32 vCPU)
Details
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Not available as VM (Baremetal option : per Hr / Month)
https://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/bluemix/gpu-computing
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n1-standard-32
GPU can be added to any instance
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It is possible to add a GPU to every current generation EC2 instance
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/
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GPU VM XLarge (up to 64 vCPU 128GB RAM)
Details
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Not available as VM (Baremetal option : per Hr / Month)
https://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/bluemix/gpu-computing
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n1-standard-64
GPU can be added to any instance
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It is possible to add a GPU to every current generation EC2 instance
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/
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GPU VM XXLarge (up to 128 vCPU 2TB RAM)
Details
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No generally available Baremetal option
https://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/bluemix/gpu-computing
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No
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It is possible to add a GPU to every current generation EC2 instance
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/
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Nvidia Tesla P100, M60, K80, Grid K2 (monthly & hourly options)
https://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/bluemix/gpu-computing
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NVIDIA K80, AMD FirePro, Tesla P100
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Yes, with up to 16 NVIDIA Tesla® K80 GPUs, 192GB of total video memory, 40 thousand parallel processing cores yielding 70 teraflops of single precision floating point performance and over 23 teraflops of double precision floating point performance using P2 EC2 instances
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/09/introducing-amazon-ec2-p2-instances-the-largest-gpu-powered-virtual-machine-in-the-cloud/
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Standard config types for public VMs. Private host VMs can be configured
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Yes
https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/performance
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No
There are a lot of instance types with different CPUs and memory, but it is not possible to use a custom VM instace type
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Defined disk IOPS
Details
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Not available as local disc (available with SAN)
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IOPS are linked with GB size of disks
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EBS Optimized instances provided dediated storage network
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EBSOptimized.html
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Not supported
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Yes, Intel DPDK
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Supported on some instance types
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1 x public / 1 x private : Can add 1 private but no ability to add additional
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Each core is subject to a 2 Gbits/second (Gbps) cap for peak performance. Each additional core increases the network cap, up to a theoretical maximum of 16 Gbps for each virtual machine
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Low, moderate, high, 10Gbps, 20Gbps.
Depending of the instance type from 450 Mbit until 20 Gbit
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/details/#enhanced-networking
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No ability to add vNIC
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Yes
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All instances in a VPC can add 1 until 14 virtual NICs, depending of the instance type (this is not possible in the EC2-Classic platform, but this platform is not recommended)
https://aws.amazon.com/vpc/
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Attached / detach block storage
Details
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Limited ability with portable storage
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Yes, can add or deattach data disks
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It is possible to detach block storage from an unmounted volume on a EC2 instance and attach block storage to an EC2 instance
https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/
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Virtual dedicated cloud
Details
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Virtual network created at L2 VLAN level.
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A GCP tenant has its dedicated virtual network scope
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Every EC2 instance will be part of a VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)
https://aws.amazon.com/vpc/
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Can assign portable public / private IPs
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Yes
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Possible with Elastic IP Addresses
An Elastic IP address can be reassignment to another EC2 instance
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Image |
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Manual snapshots image
Details
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Supported
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Yes, you can create a persistent disk snapshot
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Can create Amazon Machine Image (AMI) from EC2 instance
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/tkv-create-ami-from-instance.html
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Scheduled snapshot image
Details
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Not available as native service (could script through API)
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No, only manually using CLI
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Not available as native service
It is quite easy to create a solution in AWS. See for example: https://aws.amazon.com/answers/infrastructure-management/ebs-snapshot-scheduler/
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API / CLI Snapshot image
Details
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Supported
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Yes using REST API or using gcloud CLI
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Available
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Make image public / marketplace
Details
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Supported
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Yes images can be using privately or published in the Google Cloud Launcher
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AWS Marketplace is available to publish and sell application images
https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/
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ISO & VHD imports supported
https://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/import-image
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Using CloudEndure
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You can import Windows and Linux VMs that use VMware ESX or Workstation, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix Xen virtualization formats.
Import using AWS CLI; some limitations exists.
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/vm-import/
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VHD image export
https://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/export-image
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No
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you can export previously imported EC2 instances to VMware ESX, Microsoft Hyper-V or Citrix Xen formats.
Export using AWS CLI; some limitations exists.
See: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/vm-import/latest/userguide/vmexport.html
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O/S |
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Windows Server 2012, 2012R2, 2016 Standard edition
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GCP currently supports a variety of operating systems including: Â Ubuntu, Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Fedora, Debian, CentOS, Gentoo Linux, Oracle Linux, and FreeBSD.Â
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Amazon EC2 currently supports a variety of operating systems including: Amazon Linux, Ubuntu, Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Fedora, Debian, CentOS, Gentoo Linux, Oracle Linux, and FreeBSD.Â
Windows Server 2016 Base, Nano, with Containers
Windows 2012R2
Windows 2012
Windows 2008R2
Windows 2008, 32 bits en 64 bits
Windows 2003, 32 bits en 64 bits
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Redhat, Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Cloudlinux, CoreOS
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GCP currently supports a variety of operating systems including: Â Ubuntu, Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Fedora, Debian, CentOS, Gentoo Linux, Oracle Linux, and FreeBSD.Â
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Amazon EC2 currently supports a variety of operating systems including: Amazon Linux, Ubuntu, Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Fedora, Debian, CentOS, Gentoo Linux, Oracle Linux, and FreeBSD.
Almost every Linux distribution is available
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Bring your own OS
Details
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Supported (at own risk)
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Yes
https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/windows/ms-licensing
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Yes, you can bring your own Microsoft license
https://aws.amazon.com/windows/resources/licensing/
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Control |
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Resize existing VM
Details
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Resize vCPU, memory, network speed
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Yes
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Resizing of a VM which is EBS backed supported
Resizin EBS backed instance can been done however a new public IP assigned, Elastic IP preserved. A store backed VM requires creation of an Amazon Machine Image AMI which can be re-instantiated with a different instance size. http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-resize.html
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VM Live Migration
Details
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Recovery processes not clearly defined. SLA for recovery defined (in hrs)
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Yes, Live migration
Live migration enabled by default
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If a host fails and the EC2 instance uses EBS, it is possible to start the EC2 instance on another host manually or automatically with monitoring and scripting; if an EC2 instance is installed on instance store and de host fails, the EC2 instance is lost
Some work-arounds are: using an auto scaling group, create a script and use Cloudwatch to trigger this script, in case of degraded hardware stop the instance and start it again; it will start on healthy hardware
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Supported
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Yes
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Accomplished using tags
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/Using_Tags.html
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Powering off VM does not stop billing
VM needs to be deprovisioned to stop billing being incurred
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No, only manually using CLI
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Yes
You can stop and start an EC2 instance if EBS is used as storage solution; you dont pay for a stopped EC2 instance, only for the attached EBS storage
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Provision in less than 5 mins
Details
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Variable - often more than 5 mins
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Yes
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Yes
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Provision consistent spec
Details
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Although host performance is up to date, there is limited view of host specification
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Consistent VM configs availableÂ
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Consistent VM configs availableÂ
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Reserved instances
Details
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Not available
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Yes
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Available
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/reserved-instances/
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Not available
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Yes, Preemtible VMs
https://cloud.google.com/preemptible-vms/
A preemptible VM is an instance that you can create and run at a much lower price than normal instances. However, Compute Engine might terminate (preempt) these instances if it requires access to those resources for other tasks. Preemptible instances are excess Compute Engine capacity so their availability varies with usage.
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Available
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/spot/
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Dedicated host (Single tenant)
Details
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Dedicated host & dedicated Instances (pay per VM) available
https://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/bluemix/virtual-servers
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No
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Available
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/purchasing-options/dedicated-instances/
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VM to host affinity (network optimised)
Details
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Available on didicated hosts
https://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/bluemix/virtual-servers
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Yes
Networking is built from scratch and is the best of the different vendors
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Available using a placement group
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/placement-groups.html
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VM to host anti-affinity
Details
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Available on didicated hosts
https://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/bluemix/virtual-servers
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No
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Manual
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/dedicated-hosts-instance-placement.html
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Autoscaling VMs (within AZ)
Details
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Supported (within DC)
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Yes, Instance Group
https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instance-groups/
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Available using an auto scaling group
https://aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/
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Autoscaling across AZs/Regions
Details
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Not available
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No, not across regions but across AZ
Regional Managed Instance Groups
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Autoscaling is possible across AZs, but not across Regions
https://aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/
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Block storage |
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Available (25GB & 100GB primary drive)
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Yes
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Available (instance store on magnetic disks and for some instance types on SSD disks)
Instance store is not persistent. If an instance stops or terminates, the data is lost. If an instance reboots, data in the instance store persists
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/InstanceStorage.html
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Yes ability to define local storage (as SSD)Â
VM hosts have been upgraded to SSD based, however limited visibility when ordering. SAN based VM disks do not have SSD option, howevere additional Block and File based storage options with SSD (defined by IPS) are available https://www.ibm.com/blogs/bluemix/2016/11/intel-optane-ssd-testbed/
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Yes
SSD options, both at SCSI or NVMe
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Available (instance store on magnetic disks and for some instance types on SSD disks)
Provisioned IOPS SSD volumes support up to 20,000 IOPS and 320 MB/s of throughput.
https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/details/
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Available (25GB & 100GB primary drive)
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No
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AWS offers Elastic Block Storage (EBS) as SAN-style block storage
https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/details/
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Encryption at rest
Details
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Not available on VM drives (only on additional attached storage)
https://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/bluemix/block-storage
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Yes
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Available for both instance store and EBS volumes
Available for EC2 instance store volumes. See https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-to-protect-data-at-rest-with-amazon-ec2-instance-store-encryption/
Also available for EBS volumes. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EBSEncryption.html
You can use a default customer master key (CMK) that is unique to every AWS account or a custom CMK. Data and associated keys are encrypted using the industry-standard AES-256 algorithm. Amazon’s overall key management infrastructure uses Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 approved cryptographic algorithms and is consistent with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-57 recommendations
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