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MacOS AMI images, EBS disks, VPC networking, 10gbps ENA. Bare metal only, Intel available now, M1 coming soon. This is another game changer. The post says they

MacOS AMI images, EBS disks, VPC networking, 10gbps ENA. Bare metal only, Intel available now, M1 coming soon. This is another game changer. The post says they’re based on Mac Minis, but also use AWS Nitro. Is this custom AWS specific hardware?

sneak 6y ago
Yes, AIUI AWS Nitro is a PCI (in this case thunderbolt?) disk abstraction system that fronts EBS for the host.
- Shakahs 6y ago
  That sounds elegant for IO, but I wonder how device level security is handled, out of band management, and firmware updates.
  - shiftpgdn 6y ago
    BSDP + IPKVM?
NathanWilliams 6y ago
Over Thunderbolt: https://twitter.com/_msw_/status/1333629867171057664?s=21 https://twitter.com/_msw_/status/1333629867171057664?s=21
- boulos 6y ago
  Right. The Nitro cards speak PCIe, and Thunderbolt is “just” PCIe plus DP in one: > Thunderbolt combines PCI Express (PCIe) and DisplayPort (DP) into two serial signals,[7][8] and additionally provides DC power, all in one cable. From the Wikipedia entry at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_(interface) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_(interface)