Listen "Episode 496 - Azure Boost"
Episode Synopsis
Cale, Evan and Sujit have an insightful discussion with Niko Pamboukas and Siri Velauthapillai about the new Azure Boost feature that is being deployed into the Azure substrate for VMs. They explain the specialized FPGAs and ARM SoCs that provide extreme IOPs for storage and networking and almost no downtime for system upgrades.
Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode496.mp3
YouTube: https://youtu.be/4FPQCAmYrzw
Resources:
Learn more about Azure Boost at https://aka.ms/AzureBoost
Learn about accelerated networking with Boost at https://aka.ms/MANA
Learn about accelerated storage with Boost at https://aka.ms/NVMe
Other updates:
Public preview: Azure Load Balancer now supports Admin State | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-bastion-premium/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/kubernetesmetadataandlogsfilteringpublicpreview/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-load-balancer-health-event-logs/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-azure-chaos-studio-supports-a-new-pause-process-fault-for-windows-virtual-machines/
Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode496.mp3
YouTube: https://youtu.be/4FPQCAmYrzw
Resources:
Learn more about Azure Boost at https://aka.ms/AzureBoost
Learn about accelerated networking with Boost at https://aka.ms/MANA
Learn about accelerated storage with Boost at https://aka.ms/NVMe
Other updates:
Public preview: Azure Load Balancer now supports Admin State | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-bastion-premium/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/kubernetesmetadataandlogsfilteringpublicpreview/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-load-balancer-health-event-logs/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-azure-chaos-studio-supports-a-new-pause-process-fault-for-windows-virtual-machines/
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