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Zone-redundant storage (ZRS)

copies in availability zones within one region * Intermediate option with protection against datacenter-level failures. * Recommended for high availability scenarios. zrs.png Status: #idea Tags: az-900, azure, Cloud References

Zone

Most providers: * at least 3 in a Region gcp: * has at least one discrete cluster * connected to each through low latency links Status: #idea Tags: Cloud References

Batch data processing

* Scheduled or ad-hoc analytics Example in healthcare: * Batch - weekly-updated dashboards (inventory management for hospital equipment) Status: #idea Tags: Data Processing References

Billing and Cost Planning in Cloud

Most providers: * Pay as you go pricing model * Reservations or Committed Use Discounts * Spot Instances * Preemtible Instances How billing works in GCP: * Sustained use discounts * Google Compute Engine - Billing How billing and planning costs works in Azure: * Azure Free Account * Azure Hybrid Benefit * Azure Pricing Calculator * Total Cost of Ownership Calculator * Azure Cost Management Dashboard * Azure Advisor Status: #idea Tags: Cloud References

Compute for Cloud

Provision and manage cloud resources to run application without managing physical hardware GCP offerings: * Google Compute Engine Azure offerings: * Azure Virtual Machines * Azure App Service * Azure Container Instances * Azure Functions * Azure Automated Kubernetes Service * Azure Container Apps Status: #idea Tags: Cloud References

Identity and Access Management for Cloud

Azure services: * Resources * Resource Group * Microsoft Entra ID * Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Status: #idea Tags: Cloud References