What's new in Cloud FinOps?
Stephen Old and Frank Contrepois get together to discuss what's new in the world of cloud when it comes to FinOps. There are two monthly episodes, one where we'll discuss the top stories we've found from this month and a second episode where we bring in a friend of the show to talk to us about a topic of their choosing.
What's new in Cloud FinOps?
WNiCF - August 2024 - News
In this episode, Frank and Steve discuss the latest news in Cloud FinOps, including AWS G4DN Workspaces, AWS Parallel Computing Service, Google Compute Engine C3 and X4 instances, Azure C4 VMs, Amazon Open Search Service, AlloyDB free trial, Azure NetApp file storage, and more. They also touch on topics like cost optimization, carbon emissions, and the AWS Console mobile app.
takeaways
- AWS announces G4DN Workspaces, Parallel Computing Service, and support for Graviton 3 in Open Search Service
- Google introduces C3 and X4 instances in Compute Engine
- Azure releases C4 VMs and NetApp file storage with cool access
- Amazon S3 no longer charges for certain HTTP error codes
- AWS introduces enhanced rate-based rules for lower rate limits
- Azure offers Carbon Optimization and Spanner Graph
- Delegated administrator for cost optimization hub in AWS
- AlloyDB offers a free trial and Azure updates pricing and calculators
Links and references - August 2024
Instances/Compute
- https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/08/g4dn-workspaces-personal-bundles-wsp-windows
- https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/08/aws-parallel-computing-service
- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/Instance-Mix-on-Virtual-Machine-Scale-Sets
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/compute-engine-c3-bare-metal-and-x4-machine-types-now-ga
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/c4-machine-series-is-now-ga
Data/DBs
- https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/08/amazon-opensearch-service-graviton3-c7g-m7g-r7g-r7gd-instances
- Take AlloyDB for a free, 30-day test drive with our new trial clusters and experience the power of 8 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM, and 1 TB of storage – no strings attached!
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/how-spanner-minimizes-the-need-to-overprovision
Storage
- https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/08/amazon-s3-no-charges-several-http-error-codes
- https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/08/aws-snowball-edge-storage-optimized-210tb-device--lower-capacity-pricing-option
- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/ANF-Cool-Access
- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/Azure-Container-Storage-GA
Visibility (Billing conductor - Tags - cost categories)
- https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/08/cost-allocation-tags-aws-transit-gateway
- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-cost-management-updates-july-2024/#:~:text=into%20the%20details.-,Exports%20enhancements%3A%20Parquet%20format%20support%2C%20file%20compression%2C%20and%20Fabric%20ingestion,-In%20our%20last
Commitment
- nothing this month
Pricing
Savings
- nothing this month
FinOps (General)
- Focus comment from Frank
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/selecting-gpus-for-llm-serving-on-gke
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-development/choosing-a-self-hosted-or-managed-solution-for-ai-app-development
Sustainability
- https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-open-aws-asia-pacific-malaysia-region/ there is a bit about sustainability in the article
- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/Carbon-Optimization
Misc/Silly
- https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/08/delegated-administrator-cost-optimization-hub
- https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/08/aws-waf-rate-based-rules-lower-rate-limits/
- https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/08/expanded-service-support-aws-console-mobile-app
- Spanner Graph: We announced Spanner Graph in preview, a groundbreaking offering that brings graph database capabilities to Spanner, our always-on, globally consistent, and virtually unlimited-scale database. Get started with Spanner Graph here.
