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Kubernetes Benchmark: Bigstep vs AWS [part 1]

This two-part study compares the performance aspects of running a Kubernetes environment on two different cloud providers: Bigstep Metal Cloud versus… Continue Reading

Using smartctl and fio to analyze disk health and performance

In this article, we will review a number of Linux cli commands and tools that you can use to interact with the system disks. We will go through rescanning… Continue Reading

Update: AWS DocumentDB vs. MongoDB on Bigstep Metal Cloud

Post Update: video recording of the benchmarking webinar hosted on March 14th, by Bigstep's Solution Architect, Cosmin Pintoiu.  At the beginning… Continue Reading

How to setup a simple load balancer in Metal Cloud

Due to its architecture that combines the power of dedicated servers with the scalability of cloud computing, Bigstep Metal Cloud instances offer a high-performance… Continue Reading

Where to Run Containers

There is a never-ending debate on where to run your containers, bare-metal or VMs (virtual machines). At Bigstep we have chosen the raw power of bare-metal… Continue Reading

Six Ways Big Data Has Transformed the Business Market

Guest post by Rachel Stinson   Big data has become viral; it's a certainty. Linked to technological developments in recent years, data processing… Continue Reading

Data Science Webinar: Recommender Systems - From Simple to Complex

On November 15th, Bigstep will host a webinar on the topic of Recommender Systems, ranging from simple systems to complex ones. Registration is limited,… Continue Reading

Jupyter Notebook and Recording for the Data Science Webinar: Recommender Systems - From Simple to Complex

Following our webinar on demystifying the algorithms and methods employed in recommender systems, we have uploaded the full recording and the Jupyter… Continue Reading

Five Unexpected Uses of Big Data

Big data is used by companies to better understand their customers and provide targeted content. Retailers like Amazon, content providers like Netflix… Continue Reading

Netflix or How 1 Million Invested Saves Billions

Netflix & Spotify are two of the biggest names you come across when you talk about big data, business, innovation & art. Spotify handles music,… Continue Reading

Music and Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence is far from being able to make music, farther than most people presume anyway. However, this does not make Big Data with Machine… Continue Reading

The Future of Managing Trust

Each science fiction work has portrayed a version of the future. With our current progress, we can already probabilistically discard some of those portrayals.… Continue Reading