<p><strong>Google Cloud Platform introduces managed Kafka</strong></p>
<p>Google promises to take Kafka Cluster management off of your to-do list. That’s good. We don’t have that many open-source managed solutions. They are proposing a solution to the traditional pub/sub approach. It provides generic interface, so <em>usual</em> libraries may connect to the cluster with no hassle. The pricing model is similar to that in BigQuery, we’re paying for slot-hours. Managed Kafka is available in selected regions.</p>
<p><strong>Oracle on the other hand introduces Ampere A2</strong></p>
<p>The new ARM-based VMs in the cloud. These are based on next-generation processors. Oracle states that it provides excellent price-for-performance. New instances provide up to 156 vCore/946 GB RAM and up to 24 network interfaces. The price is also very competitive: $0.014/OCPU/hour and $0.002/GB/hour. OCI states that they are up to 28% more performant than the previous generations. How’s the outcome? We’ll see, once more data arrives.</p>
<p>Is ARM64 the new AMD64? I hope these prices will increase the demand of green computing power.</p>
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**Google Cloud Platform introduces managed Kafka**

Google promises to take Kafka Cluster management off of your to-do list. That’s good. We don’t have that many open-source managed solutions. They are proposing a solution to the traditional pub/sub approach. It provides generic interface, so *usual* libraries may connect to the cluster with no hassle. The pricing model is similar to that in BigQuery, we’re paying for slot-hours. Managed Kafka is available in selected regions.

**Oracle on the other hand introduces Ampere A2**

The new ARM-based VMs in the cloud. These are based on next-generation processors. Oracle states that it provides excellent price-for-performance. New instances provide up to 156 vCore/946 GB RAM and up to 24 network interfaces. The price is also very competitive: $0.014/OCPU/hour and $0.002/GB/hour. OCI states that they are up to 28% more performant than the previous generations. How’s the outcome? We’ll see, once more data arrives.

Is ARM64 the new AMD64? I hope these prices will increase the demand of green computing power.

Wanna chat? Let's hang out on X:

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