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Can we trust Google Cloud Load Balancing?

Xebia

With Cloud getting a more prominent place in the digital world and with that Cloud Service Providers (CSP), it triggered the question on how secure our data with Google Cloud actually is when looking at their Cloud Load Balancing offering. During threat modelling, the SSL Load Balancing offerings often come into the picture.

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Network topologies – A series: Part 1

Xebia

The examples will be presented as Google Cloud Platform (GCP) resources, but can in most cases be inferred to other public cloud vendors. This setup will adopt the usage of cloud load balancing, auto scaling and managed SSL certificates. You should look up the appropriate documentation for this, before starting.

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Adding Postgres 16 support to Citus 12.1, plus schema-based sharding improvements

The Citus Data

PostgreSQL 16 has introduced a new feature for load balancing multiple servers with libpq, that lets you specify a connection parameter called load_balance_hosts. You can use query-from-any-node to scale query throughput, by load balancing connections across the nodes. The coordinator is in port 9700 in this example.

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AWS Disaster Recovery Strategies – PoC with Terraform

Xebia

This post explores a proof-of-concept (PoC) written in Terraform , where one region is provisioned with a basic auto-scaled and load-balanced HTTP * basic service, and another recovery region is configured to serve as a plan B by using different strategies recommended by AWS. Pilot Light strategy diagram. Strategies. Pilot Light.

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Practical Steps for Enhancing Reliability in Cloud Networks - Part I

Kentik

Highly available networks are resistant to failures or interruptions that lead to downtime and can be achieved via various strategies, including redundancy, savvy configuration, and architectural services like load balancing. Resiliency. Resilient networks can handle attacks, dropped connections, and interrupted workflows.

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Optimizing PCI compliance in financial institutions

CIO

Having segmentation between infrastructure providing data processing and data storage is an example of a broad IT security architectural pattern. All other needs, for example, authentication, encryption, log management, system configuration, would be treated the same—by using the architectural patterns available.

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Heroku vs DigitalOcean – Which is Better for Your Cloud Hosting Needs

The Crazy Programmer

Take, for example, Droplet creation, which involves selecting different specifications like the region, sever size, and operating systems. Technical know-how is a must, as users must configure load balancing or new servers. DigitalOcean needs manual configuration, thus requiring a level of technical knowledge.

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