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Some fall 2013 AWS cloud storage and compute enhancements

I just received via Email the October Amazon Web Services (AWS) Newsletter in advance of the re:Invent event next week in Las Vegas (yes I will be attending).

AWS October newsletter and enhancement updates

EC2 (Elastic Cloud Compute) has been enhanced with reserved micro instances
EBS (Elastic Block Storage) IOPS to volume capacity ratio requirement has been changed from 10:1 t 30:1 meaning that 4,000 IOP’s per 133GB volume are now possible (as opposed to 400GB volumes to achieve 4,000 IOPS).
Redshift service is now available in the Asia Pacific Singapore and Sydney regions

What this means

AWS is arguably the largest of the public cloud services with a diverse set of services and options across multiple geographic regions to meet different customer needs. As such it is not surprising to see AWS continue to expand their service offerings expanding their portfolio both in terms of features, functionalities along with extending their presences in different geographies.

Lets see what else AWS announces next week in Las Vegas at their 2013 re:Invent event.

Click here to view the current October 2013 AWS newsletter. You can view (and signup for) earlier AWS newsletters here, and while you are at it, view the current and recent StorageIO Update newsletters here.

Ok, nuff said (for now)

Cheers
Gs

Greg Schulz – Author Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC Press), The Green and Virtual Data Center (CRC Press) and Resilient Storage Networks (Elsevier)

greg