Cloud Based Infrastructure

cloud based infrastructure servers

For a vast majority of cloud based infrastructure, they have hardware virtualization, through a technology known as hypervisor-based virtualization. Here’s how it generally works:

1. Hypervisor Technology: AWS uses a hypervisor to virtualize physical servers into multiple virtual instances. The hypervisor is a software layer that sits between the hardware and the operating system of each virtual machine (VM).

2. Virtual Machines (VMs): AWS EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are the virtual machines provided by AWS. Each EC2 instance runs on a virtualized platform that abstracts the physical hardware resources.

Cloud based servers are EC2 servers that are often times virtualized. So, if the underlying infrastructure does go down, that could mean problems for a cloud based service.

What is AWS EC2 Bare Metal?

Since AWS EC2 Bare Metal was released, there is now a high performing option that gives much more control to software developers. It achieves this by using a hardware chip that was developed by Amazon for this use-case. Just try not to run Rust code on it :). Just kidding!

AWS EC2 Bare Metal instances combine the advantages of cloud scalability and management with the performance and flexibility of physical hardware, making them suitable for demanding workloads that require high compute power, low latency, and strong isolation.

Here are the advantages of these Cloud based servers

• Direct Hardware Access: Bare Metal instances provide direct access to the physical hardware without virtualization overhead. This allows applications to utilize the full performance capabilities of the underlying hardware, such as high core count CPUs, large amounts of RAM, and high-speed storage.

• Performance: Since there is no hypervisor layer between the application and the hardware, Bare Metal instances can deliver consistent and predictable performance. This is especially great for latency-sensitive applications and workloads that require high compute power.

• Security: Bare Metal instances provide enhanced security by isolating the workload at the hardware level.

• Customization: Bare Metal instances allow customers to install their own operating systems and customize the system configuration according to their specific requirements. This flexibility is particularly useful for applications that need specialized configurations or require direct hardware access for performance optimization.

• Use Cases: Bare Metal instances are suitable for various use cases, including high-performance databases, real-time analytics, machine learning inference, and applications that demand low-latency access to local storage or networking hardware.

• Integration: Bare Metal instances can be seamlessly integrated with other AWS services, such as storage (Amazon EBS), networking (Amazon VPC), monitoring (Amazon CloudWatch), and management tools (AWS Console and APIs), enabling a comprehensive and scalable infrastructure solution.