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Initially, EC2 used Xen virtualization exclusively. [14] However, on November 6, 2017, Amazon announced [15] the new C5 family of instances that were based on a custom architecture around the KVM hypervisor, called Nitro. [16] [17] Each virtual machine, called an "instance", functions as a virtual private server. Amazon sizes instances based on ...
In 2014, AWS launched its partner network, AWS Partner Network (APN), which is focused on helping AWS-based companies grow and scale the success of their business with close collaboration and best practices. [65] [66] In January 2015, Amazon Web Services acquired Annapurna Labs, an Israel-based microelectronics company for a reported US$350–370M.
An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is a special type of virtual appliance that is used to create a virtual machine within the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud ("EC2"). It serves as the basic unit of deployment for services delivered using EC2.
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) provides raw block-level storage that can be attached to Amazon EC2 instances and is used by Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS). [1] It is one of the two block-storage options offered by AWS, with the other being the EC2 Instance Store. [2] Amazon EBS provides a range of options for storage performance and ...
The EC2 region is us-east-1, also known as compute-1, and is located in North Virginia. [17] [18] 2007: August 22: Product (compute) Amazon EC2 is now available in unlimited public beta, so that anybody can sign up and start using it. It also launches new instance types. [19] 2007: November 6: Regional diversification
VPC is Amazon Web Services (AWS) solution for providing isolated network environments for AWS resources. IP addresses in a VPC are used for communication between resources within the VPC, as well as for communication between the VPC and the Internet. There are two types of IP addresses used in a VPC: private IP addresses and public IP addresses.
EC2 or EC-2 may refer to: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), a commercial web service for hosting computer applications; Cardoen EC-2 mine, an anti-personnel mine; Cessna EC-2, a 1930s aircraft; EC2, a district in the London EC postcode area; EC2-S-C1, U.S. World War II Liberty ships
Cloud Foundry is an open source, multi-cloud application platform as a service (PaaS) governed by the Cloud Foundry Foundation, a 501(c)(6) organization. [1]The software was originally developed by VMware, transferred to Pivotal Software (a joint venture by EMC, VMware and General Electric), who then transferred the software to the Cloud Foundry Foundation upon its inception in 2015.