Posts Tagged ‘containers’
The Evolution of App Deployment and Packaging: 1990 to Now
Overview While app infrastructure and architecture were evolving, so was the face of software deployment and packaging. Over the past three decades, app deployment has become more efficient, a must in a world that increasingly lives and works online. The evolution of deployment and packaging since 1980 has ultimately lead to improved efficiency, scalability, and…
Read MoreIronWorker vs. Dynos
Overview Architecture: IronWorker is a hosted job processing solution that lets you manage container-based workloads. Dynos are isolated Linux containers in Salesforce Heroku that facilitate code based on various commands. Purpose: Use dynos to execute code for specific commands. Use IronWorker to manage and schedule these containers. Scalability: Both IronWorker and dynos scale but in different ways.…
Read MoreIronWorker vs. Sidekiq
Overview Architecture: IronWorker is a server-less on-demand task processing solution for managing container-based workloads. Sidekiq is a background processing tool that handles various jobs at the same time. Language: IronWorker is “language agnostic.” It runs in a multi-language containerized environment. Sidekiq runs on Ruby. Scalability: IronWorker is a lot easier to scale than Sidekiq. Price: IronWorker…
Read MoreGoogle Cloud Run Alternatives and Review
Heads up IT professionals! Google Cloud Run is a new cloud computing platform and it is out of Beta that’s hot off the presses from Google, First announced at the company’s Google Cloud Next conference, April 2019 marked its remarkable birth. Google Cloud Run has generated a lot of excitement (and a lot of questions) among both tech journalists and…
Read MoreWhat is Kubernetes? Business Container Management
App development and deployment is an ever-evolving and highly competitive industry. These days, that means looking at ways to ensure apps work across a variety of platforms and devices. This, invariably, means exploring the container environment, where products like Kubernetes and Docker rule. But what is Kubernetes? Is it just another version of Docker, or something completely different? Table…
Read MoreWhat is a Docker Image? (And how do you use one with IronWorker?)
Love them or hate them, containers have become part of the infrastructure running just about everything. From Kubernetes to Docker, almost everyone has their version of containers. The most commonly used is still Docker. IronWorker was among the very first to combine serverless management with containers. In this article we will give a high-level overview…
Read MoreDocker Containers: Advantages and Disadvantages
If you’ve already switched to Docker, you know there are plenty of benefits it can bring it life as a developer. If you’re thinking about making the switch, but are nervous about what this might mean for you, read on. We take a good look at the positives and any negatives we’ve found working with the…
Read MoreWhat is a Docker Container?
Docker containers are a tool that helps make application development and deployment simpler and more lightweight. Containers are a standardized unit of software, which allows developers to package together services, dependencies, and configurations as a single container image. Containers work in isolation from each other, allowing short term tasks to be added or removed easily…
Read MoreAWS Fargate vs. AKS: What You Need to Know
vs Introduction AWS Fargate vs. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS): which one is the best container management solution? In this Fargate vs. AKS comparison, we’ll go over features, use cases, pricing, and more, so that you can make the decision that’s best for your situation. Do you need a powerful, flexible, scalable container management tool with excellent…
Read MoreHow to Get Started with AWS Fargate: A Complete Guide Tutorial and Next Steps
Introduction AWS Fargate is a serverless compute engine for running containers in the Amazon Web Services public cloud. As we discuss in our AWS Fargate overview, Fargate has a number of advantages to recommend it, including making your IT environment less complex and integrating with other AWS tools and services. Given these benefits, then, how can…
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