In our previous article, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) on OVHcloud – part 1: Terraform / OpenTofu, we saw that deploying manually take time and it’s complicated. That why Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is powerful and allow you to automate infrastructure provisioning. But do you know that Terraform/OpenTofu is not the only tool that exists? In […]
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) on OVHcloud – part 2: Pulumi Read More »
Startups are the spearhead of innovation, demonstrating how one can harness technology to achieve new feats. However, as they grow, they often face tech infrastructure challenges, including rigidity and complexity, limiting their ability to innovate, pivot, and scale quickly. Another challenge is managing their cloud costs. Balancing the need for advanced, high-performing technology with affordability
How Professional Services at OVHcloud can help Startups and Scaleups Read More »
A sharp increase of DDoS attacks have been observed since the beginning of 2023. A new trend is to send high packet rate attacks though. This article introduces the findings of our teams in order to bring new insights regarding this threat.
The Rise of Packet Rate Attacks: When Core Routers Turn Evil Read More »
In an era where digital security is paramount, blockchain technology emerges as a transformative force for cloud services. Offering unparalleled transparency, immutability, and trust, blockchain stands to revolutionize how we secure our data and transactions in the cloud. For our clients and partners, this means an elevated layer of security through immutable audit trails, guaranteed
If you are running an IT system you are most likely using an Observability stack along it. Nowadays, the question’s no more whether or not you need Observability but more like how will you compose your stack. At OVHcloud, we have been running a scalable timeseries backend for years now. During the last year, we
Picking our Prometheus’ remote storage Read More »
In our previous posts about choosing a Prometheus remote storage we have seen how to set up a benchmarking infrastructure and how to benchmark promql performance. We have been able to obtain results but the whole benchmark is flawned in many ways: This blog post discuss how we should have benchmark our remote storage. How to
Benchmarking Prometheus like a pro with k6 Read More »
Introduction In the previous post we have discuss how important remote storage are for Prometheus. We have also covered several attention points. In the following post we are covering remote write storage and how to bench them. Context After you have identify one (or more) remote storage who might suit your must bench it. However
Prometheus’ remote storage playground Read More »
At OVHcloud, we recently made a change to our internal Observability stack. After testing and comparing the different solutions on the market, we opted for on open source solution. With this blog post, we’re starting a series of articles to provide feedback on our selection process and what we’ve learned along the way. Our mission
Welcome to Prometheus world of remote storage Read More »
Let me introduce you to OVHcloud’s latest and largest storage server, the HGR-STOR-2.Based on our High-Grade server architecture, it offers up to 1,428TB of raw storage. But how did we achieve that? We coupled our dedicated server to a 4U JBOD enclosure containing 50 or 102, 14TB SATA drives. The head server is a dual
The largest dedicated storage option so far… Read More »
You are probably already familiar with our managed Kubernetes offer, and the comfort provided by not having to manage administration. But what is your backup and restore strategy? It is important to be aware that in the event of failure of your infrastructure other than those related to the engine, you are responsible for your
Use TrilioVault to help you backup and restore your OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes cluster Read More »
