This guide is not directly related to typical Big Data tools like Hadoop. In this guide we will configuring Docker and Jupyter on a cloud server. Here are the steps, commands to create data science environment on cloud server with Docker for data analysis starting with a blank server with SSH. The users following this guide must have adequate knowledge so that they do not need to read guides like … [Read more...]
How To Install TICK Stack on Ubuntu, CentOS For System Metrics Monitoring
TICK Stands For Telegraf, InfluxDB, Chronograf, Kapacitor. Telegraf is data collector, InfluxDB stores data, Chronograf is visualizer and Kapacitor is alerter. For moderate load, you'll need minimum GB RAM cloud server instance or better - a hexacore 32GB RAM dedicated server. You can use VPSDime's for cheap instance for testing for a month. For one time installation and deletion of instance, any … [Read more...]
Object Storage vs. Block Storage
It is possibly a common phenomenon to get confused with some of the similar terminologies around storage like Object Storage, Block Storage, Cloud Storage. Cloud Storage is a generic terminology, you can check our articles on cloud storage - they are too broad and also includes some CDN. We think that Object Storage vs. Block Storage is a timely publication which will help many of the confused … [Read more...]
How to Install Virtualmin/Webmin on Ubuntu 16.04
Many users want a free cPanel like web hosting control panel. Virtualmin is a Free Software. This is not exactly the software we will suggest to install for single IP cloud server instance just to ease server management with web UI. This is more practical for a dedicated server with multiple IP. Here is how to install Virtualmin/Webmin on Ubuntu 16.04. Difference between Virtualmin and Webmin is … [Read more...]
Can Cloud Check Ransomware Attacks?
The first two decades of the 21st century have witnessed cloud computing rapidly gaining a foothold. It has been the buzzword among the tech savvy, though not without reason. Of late, there is another term from the same industry that is hitting headlines — ransomware, like we previously we discussed about WannaCrypt ransomware. Though, cloud computing is intended to make one's life easy and IT … [Read more...]
Cloud Computing Trends From Today To 2020
According to news from Gartner, many companies will lose their market positions for digital incompetence over the next few years. It is the prediction of the future of technological solutions to represent one of the key points for business success. Cloud Computing will penetrate more business over the next five years. Here are the strengths which will push the cloud from today to 2020. The face of … [Read more...]
Advantages & Disadvantages of Using IBM Big Data Analytics On Cloud
Discussing around the advantages & disadvantages would be just a list. In order to discuss and study advantages & disadvantages of using IBM Big data analytics on cloud in details, we need to try to understand the strategy of a company providing the service, have an overview of the major commonly used products, analyze the documentations and free resources offered. The term Big Data, which is … [Read more...]
What is Fog Computing, Fog Networking, Fogging
Fog computing is a system-wide architecture made up with near-user edge devices which is useful for deploying seamlessly resources and services for computing, data storage, network capabilities over the infrastructure that connects Cloud to the Internet of Things (IoT). Fog Computing is an extension and improvement of the Cloud paradigm in support of IoT applications that must comply with precise … [Read more...]
Install Apache Drill on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Single Cloud Server
Apache Drill is SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL, Cloud Storage and file systems including HBase, MongoDB, MapR-DB, HDFS, MapR-FS, Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, Swift, NAS and local files. As example, we can join a collection in MongoDB with a directory of event logs in Hadoop. Apache Drill features JSON data model which enables queries on complex and nested data. Drill … [Read more...]
Cloud Hosting Providers : Best & Cheap of 2017
Previously we published another 2017 year based list of providers related to cloud computing - forever free cloud storage providers. Cloud hosting providers means the companies selling cloud server. All look for practical matters like uptime, cost, support, other freebies. The reason of publication of year-wise names of providers is frankly for adjusting cost, general opinion of the real users in … [Read more...]
What is Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)?
Virtual Private Cloud is virtual as it is built on the top of public cloud. It is private as there is limited number of users access to the actual physical hardware behind. It is a cost saving option than private cloud. We are trying to explain what is virtual private cloud (VPC) in simple terms. Those who are not technical persons, they can read what is cloud computing in simple terms if concept … [Read more...]