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Monitor logs from Amazon EKS on Fargate with Datadog

Amazon EKS on Fargate is a managed service that reduces the operational overhead of maintaining a Kubernetes cluster by abstracting away the underlying infrastructure. In a serverless Fargate environment, each pod is assigned its own isolated compute resources; there is no direct host-level access.

Built for More: Unlocking a Sovereign and AI-Driven Future

Join us as Civo's leadership team, including Mark Boost, Deshish Majrekar, Kelsey Hightower, and Josh Mesout, come together to share their vision for a new kind of cloud that prioritizes data sovereignty, simplicity, and flexibility. This session explores the challenges of traditional cloud infrastructure and how Civo is addressing them with its cloud native platform. Civo's Flex Core private cloud solution is also showcased, highlighting its applications in various industries, including cybersecurity and advanced materials design.

How NRP Scales Global Scientific Research with Calico

The National Research Platform (NRP) operates a globally distributed, high-performance computing and networking environment, with an average of 15,000 pods across 450 nodes supporting more than 3,000 scientific project namespaces. With its head node in San Diego, NRP connects research institutions and data centers worldwide via links ranging from 10 to 400 Gbps, serving more than 5,000 users in 70+ locations.

What Are Kubernetes Nodes? Everything You Need To Know

A key advantage of Kubernetes for container management is its high scalability. Kubernetes nodes are directly involved in this, and they can significantly impact your efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and service availability. This guide provides an in-depth look at Kubernetes nodes, including types of nodes and operational best practices.

Designing for Failure: Choosing the Right Level of Redundancy, Resilience, and Control

Outages don't care how many zones you have. Power failures, software updates, and backbone disruptions all have one thing in common: they do not respect architecture diagrams. Redundancy only works if it is designed at the correct layer. Every team believes they are covered, and yet, when something breaks, the failure reveals that what looked like protection was only an illusion.