Entries by David Maiolo

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Databases: NoSQL vs SQL

The two main types of modern databases to choose from are relational and non-relational, also known as SQL or NoSQL (for their query languages). There are a few main differences to be familiar with when deciding which database works best for your needs. Relational Databases (also known as RDBMS and SQ Databases) Relational databases (RDBMS) […]

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Google Cloud High Availability

GCP has a rather robust and highly available architecture (24 regions and 73 availability zones) as it is. Compute Engine implements an abstraction layer between the availability zones and physical clusters of machines within the data centers where each cluster of physical machines has its own independent software, power, cooling, network and security infrastructure, as […]

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Large-Scale Data Center Migration with Google Cloud: Migration Factory

We will look at the creation of a Migration Factory – a scaled team (often offshore or outsourced) that drives large-scale migration of enterprise applications to the cloud. Google Cloud has a four-stage approach to Migration, Discover/Assess, Plan, Migrate and Optimize, and the Migration Factory is designed to help execute the Migrate stage. We also […]

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Migrating Enterprise Workloads to Google Cloud Platform

Migrating a workload from your legacy on-premises environment to a cloud-native environment, such as a public cloud, can be challenging and risky. Successful migrations change the workload to migrate as little as possible during the migration operations. Moving legacy on-premises apps to the cloud often requires multiple migration steps There are three major types of […]