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Encrypting an Unencrypted RDS Snapshot

RDS snapshots can be unencrypted or they can be encrypted at rest. Today, best practice is to use encryption-at-rest on your RDS instances and clusters, and to encrypt your RDS snapshots. When you create an RDS snapshot from an RDS instance or cluster, the resulting snapshot will be encrypted if the source instance or cluster is encrypted. But if the source is not encrypted, then your RDS snapshot is not encrypted. When you create an RDS snapshot, you are not given the option to encrypt it.

Benchmarking InfluxDB vs Cassandra for Time Series Data, & Metrics

In this technical paper, we'll compare the performance and features of InfluxDB and Cassandra for common time series workloads, specifically looking at the rates of data ingestion, on-disk data compression, and query performance. This data should prove valuable to developers and architects evaluating the suitability of these technologies for their use case.

4 Steps to Prepare for an Outage

The quest for 100 percent reliability is one that can't be achieved, but it's possible to get very close. While completely eliminating failure isn't an option, there are steps you can take to prepare your team for an eventual outage so you can quickly restore availability when an outage inevitably occurs. This four-step process for setting up your metrics will ensure your team is ready to manage the unexpected.

Monitor webpages for changes with VisualPing

Frequent online shoppers, travel enthusiasts, parents seeking admissions for their wards, or the average online newsreader are all constantly plugged on to the Internet hoping to see the information they want updated on the respective websites. The only thing they can do is keep refreshing webpages and waiting for a change. Don’t you think that’s a waste of time and energy? You could instead be doing something more productive.