Sunsetting Equinix Metal
Recently, Equinix stopped commercial sales of Metal to focus on the solutions our customers have told us drive the most impact on their business, namely colocation, interconnection, and our hyperscale offerings. As such, with this announcement, we’ll move towards an orderly sunsetting of Equinix Metal at the end of June 2026.
eBPF and How Tech Giants Use It to Uplevel Observability
Its low overhead and efficient data collection minimize the impact of observability on your systems while providing deep visibility into kernel-level events, network packets and system calls.
How to Use BGP Flowspec as Your Network’s Smart DDoS Shield
Flowspec uses BGP as the carrier for DDoS mitigation policies and the upstream service provider's network to enforce them at the edge.
What to Know When Devising Your Multiregion Backup Strategy
An introduction to backup architectures and configurations, maintaining data consistency, optimizing recovery time objectives and ensuring compliance with data protection regulations.
BGP Hijacking and How to Guard Against It
It’s not a new or particularly sophisticated attack method, but it remains quite effective and devastating for the victim.
BGP Confederations vs. Route Reflectors and How to Choose the Right One
Each method has its use cases in large networks, but the crucial factor is whether your AS is large or very large.
Latency and Throughput, Your Network’s Vital Signs
Analyzing these two metrics is the first step in making sure you’re using all the bandwidth that’s available to you.
The Tools for Controlling Cloud Cost and Their Limits
While there are best practices for keeping cloud costs under control, they only get you so far. But there is a way to go further.
How the Different Data Platforms Differ
Many things are referred to as a “data platform.” Here’s a handy primer for those who are new to the space.
Cloud or On Prem? In Genomics, It’s Good to Have Both
A hybrid cloud architecture we recently tested for genomic sequence data analysis can unlock the cloud’s power for life sciences.
Comparing Platforms That Manage All the Clouds
Using more than one cloud gives you more options but adds a lot of management complexity. These tools are designed to help.
