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Introduction to JupyterHub

This is part of a blog series on AI/Machine Learning. In the previous blog , we discussed Jupyter Notebooks, how they are different and the challenges organizations run into at scale with it.

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Introduction to Jupyter Notebooks

Jupyter Notebook is open-source software created and maintained by the Jupyter community . A Jupyter notebook allows for the creation and sharing of documents with code and rich text elements .

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Introducing Rafay’s Generative AI based Copilot

As part of our early March 2024 release, we opened up Rafay’s Generative AI based Copilot to our customers. For the folks that are active readers of our product blogs, you will recognize that this is the result of a GenAI focused Hackathon we ran in late 2023.

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Resize and Right Size Applications on Kubernetes

It is a well understood fact on Kubernetes that there is a significant amount of wastage of expensive cloud/infrastructure because of over provisioned applications. In this blog, we will look at how app developers and platform teams can save their organizations millions of dollars by right-sizing their applications using a free , open-source tool appropriately called resize that we recently developed for our customers.

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Choosing Between Amazon ECS and EKS

We frequently get asked by users that are currently on AWS whether they should be using Amazon ECS or EKS to deploy and operate their containerized applications. Since this is such a common question and the answers are somewhat nuanced, we wanted to share our thoughts and recommendations for the benefit of all users.

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Unlocking AI Innovation: Launching the Rafay RAG-a-Thon at NVIDIA GTC!

Welcome, AI tech enthusiasts, innovators, and problem solvers! Today marks an exciting moment as we introduce the community to the work we’ve been doing here at Rafay through a RAG-focused hackathon – called a RAG-a-Thon – this week during NVIDIA’s GTC event!

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Rafay is a DevOps Dozen Winner for the Best Kubernetes Platform/Service

The 2023 DevOps Dozen Award results are in: Rafay was awarded the title of Best Kubernetes Platform/Service! The adoption of containers has paved the way for an entire solutions ecosystem supporting and enhancing container technology.

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Harnessing the Edge: 3 Kubernetes for Edge Computing Strategies

Introduction: The Edge of Tomorrow Imagine a world where data latency is a relic of the past. In our connected society, edge computing seeks to bring data processing closer to its source—be it a remote store, hotel, or any other location that uses an edge device, as well as telecom and data centers.

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Rafay Releases 4 New Certifications for Customers and Partners

Today marks another red-letter day in the history of Rafay Systems. We are launching 4 new certifications as part of the Rafay Training program.

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Auto-Scaling K8s Applications on Amazon EKS: 8 Best Practices and Tips

Auto-scaling, a dynamic and intelligent approach to resource provisioning, is one of the defining features of Kubernetes. It allows applications to automatically adjust their capacity based on real-time metrics and policies, ensuring optimal performance and cost-effectiveness.

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Your Guide to the Top Kubernetes Service Meshes

As applications become more complex and distributed, managing the communication between various components becomes challenging. This is where Kubernetes service meshes come into play.

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Comparing Amazon EKS with Self-Managed Kubernetes

As businesses embrace the benefits of containerization, the choice of how to implement Kubernetes becomes increasingly critical. Two primary options are at the forefront of this decision-making process: Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and self-managed Kubernetes clusters.

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Mastering Hybrid Cloud Management for Seamless K8s Operations

The concept of hybrid cloud has emerged as a powerful solution to integrating on-premises infrastructure with public and private cloud environments. However, managing this intricate mix of resources for Kubernetes can be challenging without a well-defined strategy.

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Rafay is a Tech Ascension Award Winner for Best DevOps Automation Solution

This week the Rafay Cloud Automation Platform was recognized as a 2023 Tech Ascension Awards winner for the Best DevOps Automation Solution category! The Tech Ascension Awards recognize the very best innovations in IT technology and Rafay was among the class-leading vendors that showcased a technology that solves critical industry challenges and produces invaluable business outcomes for customers.

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How Platform Teams Can Return Autonomy to Developers

DevOps was created to give developers the autonomy they needed in order to iterate quickly and create great software. But it hasn’t scaled to meet the demands of today’s businesses.

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What AWS re:Invent Taught Me About Love / Hate Relationships

I had the opportunity to attend AWS’s 2023 re:Invent conference for the first time, alongside my teammates here at Rafay. Our CPO, Mohan Atreya, posted a great wrap-up blog a few days ago that I highly recommend reading, as it summarizes our experiences well and includes all the announcements and product updates we released.

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How to Enhance Multi-Tenancy in Kubernetes using Namespace as a Service

With more organizations adopting Kubernetes, there arises a significant challenge: how do we efficiently segregate resources, manage privileges, and ensure isolation between different teams or projects? The answer lies in multi-tenancy, and a powerful approach to achieving this is by leveraging Kubernetes namespace as a service.

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Kubernetes Upgrades and Versioning: Ensuring Smooth Transitions

The process of upgrading Kubernetes and managing version transitions can be a daunting task for organizations. In this blog post, we'll delve into the importance of Kubernetes upgrades, the versioning system, and strategies to ensure seamless transitions.

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Introducing BRAVE (Bare Metal Replication And Virtualization Environment): A new Open Source Tool to Virtualize Bare Metal Deployments

We are thrilled to announce our ongoing commitment to Open Source through our donation of an open-source project to the community. This initiative, known as BRAVE (Bare Metal Replication And Virtualization Environment), aims to provide a virtual, cost-effective, and automated solution for executing use cases that demand bare metal infrastructure.

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Bare Metal Replication And Virtualization Environment (BRAVE)

BRAVE (Bare Metal Replication And Virtualization Environment) offers a virtual, cost-efficient, convenient, automated and on-demand tool for executing use cases requiring bare metal infrastructure. Cost and complexity of bare metal deployments can be prohibitive for a number of non production use cases such as : Creating on-demand labs for conducting quick proof of concepts, demonstrations or experiments Creating testbed environments for development, debugging and automated testing Performing comprehensive architectural and security assessments through construction of proof of concept deployments.

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Upgrading Amazon EKS Clusters in 2023

Kubernetes is a rapidly evolving open-source project with periodic releases. And organizations embracing Kubernetes must adopt the practice of regular upgrades.

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Announcing the Rafay Management Operator add-on for Amazon EKS

We are thrilled to announce the availability of the Rafay Management Operator as an add-on for Amazon EKS. This addition to the EKS add-ons collection simplifies the installation, configuration, and update management of cluster capabilities for administrators using the Amazon EKS service.

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KubeCon Chicago Takeaways

Paralus Community Expansion, Adoption of Platform Engineering Practices, Generative AI takes Center Stage and The Birth of MultiTenacyCon KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA which was hosted at the McCormick Place in the windy city aka Chicago witnessed an unprecedented gathering of over 15,000 attendees creating an electrifying atmosphere that continues to reverberate through the cloud-native community. The event was a convergence of groundbreaking insights, innovative technologies, and collaborative discussions, shaping the future of Kubernetes and cloud-native ecosystems.

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Introduction to JupyterHub

Introduction to Jupyter Notebooks

Introducing Rafay’s Generative AI based Copilot

Resize and Right Size Applications on Kubernetes

Choosing Between Amazon ECS and EKS

Unlocking AI Innovation: Launching the Rafay RAG-a-Thon at NVIDIA GTC!

Rafay is a DevOps Dozen Winner for the Best Kubernetes Platform/Service

Harnessing the Edge: 3 Kubernetes for Edge Computing Strategies

Rafay Releases 4 New Certifications for Customers and Partners

Auto-Scaling K8s Applications on Amazon EKS: 8 Best Practices and Tips

Your Guide to the Top Kubernetes Service Meshes

Comparing Amazon EKS with Self-Managed Kubernetes

Mastering Hybrid Cloud Management for Seamless K8s Operations

Rafay is a Tech Ascension Award Winner for Best DevOps Automation Solution

Sample Post - Do Not Publish!

How Platform Teams Can Return Autonomy to Developers

What AWS re:Invent Taught Me About Love / Hate Relationships

How to Enhance Multi-Tenancy in Kubernetes using Namespace as a Service

Kubernetes Upgrades and Versioning: Ensuring Smooth Transitions

Introducing BRAVE (Bare Metal Replication And Virtualization Environment): A new Open Source Tool to Virtualize Bare Metal Deployments

Bare Metal Replication And Virtualization Environment (BRAVE)

Upgrading Amazon EKS Clusters in 2023

Announcing the Rafay Management Operator add-on for Amazon EKS

KubeCon Chicago Takeaways

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