AWS re:Invent 2014: AWS Innovation at Scale with James Hamilton (SPOT301)
What it is
James Hamilton, AWS VP and distinguished engineer, gives an insider view of the innovations behind the AWS cloud at re:Invent 2014. He covers custom hardware, networking, regions and availability zones, and infrastructure at scale.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN points to it as an authoritative overview of AWS infrastructure, including what AZs and regions really mean.
- 2 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2014, last 2020
What HN commenters said
“The talk was on HN a little while ago, worth watching”
James Hamilton on building own hardware for clean-sheet software design.
MrZipf, 2015-02 · Recommendation · in “Introducing “6-pack”: the first open hardware modular switch”
“James Hamilton gives a good talk that goes over networking (and more).”
Hamilton covers AWS networking and infrastructure at scale.
dastbe, 2016-09 · Recommendation · in “An AWS Region is coming to France”
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Topics: aws, datacenter networking, availability zones, custom hardware, james hamilton
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