JSJayesh Sojitrainjayesh-sojitra.hashnode.dev·7h ago · 4 min read CloudFront Explained: When a CDN Actually HelpsCloudFront is AWS's content delivery network (CDN). It keeps copies of your content in edge locations around the world, so a user fetches it from somewhere nearby instead of from your origin server fa00
JSJayesh Sojitrainjayesh-sojitra.hashnode.dev·1d ago · 4 min readRoute 53 Explained: DNS Basics for AWSDNS translates a name people type (app.example.com) into an address machines use (an IP or an AWS endpoint). Route 53 is AWS's DNS service, and it's also a domain registrar and a health-checking tool.00
VSvikas sharmainvkdigiservices.hashnode.dev·1d ago · 6 min readData Tiering Strategies for Scalable Cloud StorageCloud applications generate information continuously. Databases record transactions, applications produce logs, analytics platforms collect events, and users upload documents and media files. As these00
JSJayesh Sojitrainjayesh-sojitra.hashnode.dev·2d ago · 3 min readWeek 2 Recap: Databases, Scaling, and CostDay 8 — RDS vs Self-Managed Database on EC2 RDS handles backups, patching, Multi-AZ failover, and read replicas. Self-managing buys OS-level control and custom extensions, at the cost of owning all of00
JSJayesh Sojitrainjayesh-sojitra.hashnode.dev·5d ago · 4 min readBuilding a Monitoring Setup That Actually Catches IssuesMost of this week built up the individual pieces — CloudWatch (Day 9), Auto Scaling (Day 11), backups (Day 13). Today's about assembling them into something that actually functions as a monitoring sys00
JSJayesh Sojitrainjayesh-sojitra.hashnode.dev·6d ago · 4 min readAuto Scaling Groups Explained With a Real ExampleAn Auto Scaling Group (ASG) automatically adjusts the number of EC2 instances running your application based on demand. The concept is simple; the actual configuration decisions are where teams either00
JSJayesh Sojitrainjayesh-sojitra.hashnode.dev·Oct 3 · 4 min read ALB vs NLB: Which Load Balancer Do You Actually NeedAWS offers multiple load balancer types, and the ALB vs NLB decision trips people up because both "balance load" — but they operate at genuinely different layers of the network stack, which changes wh00
JSJayesh Sojitrainjayesh-sojitra.hashnode.dev·Oct 2 · 4 min readCloudWatch Explained: Metrics, Logs, and AlarmsCloudWatch is AWS's monitoring service, but "monitoring" covers three genuinely different things — metrics, logs, and alarms — that work together but solve different problems. Confusing them is why te00
PAPaul Adeoyeinpaulking.hashnode.dev·Oct 2 · 10 min readFrom a Single Server to Cloud Architecture: Why Modern Applications Use Multiple ServicesA simple application can run on a single server. You can install an operating system, deploy the application, connect a database, and make the application available to users. For a small application, 00
JSJayesh Sojitrainjayesh-sojitra.hashnode.dev·Oct 1 · 4 min readRDS vs Self-Managed Database on EC2: When to Use EachRunning a database on AWS means choosing between RDS (a managed service) and installing a database engine yourself on an EC2 instance. The decision gets treated as obvious, but it's worth understandin00