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Release Review - Dataproc Stop/Start-able Clusters

In March-2021, Google released1 for General Availability a Dataproc enhancement supporting Stop/Startable Clusters2. This feature allows you to stop an inactive Dataproc cluster, to later be re-started when it is needed again. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at this feature, with an aim to better understand its cost implications and to help you determine if it will be helpful to your cost-reduction efforts. Read more →

Release Review - Pub/Sub Message Filtering

In November 2020, Google released1 a Pub/Sub feature called Message Filtering2. This feature can help reduce unnecessary invocations of an HTTP endpoint and reduce egress traffic, both of which can help you reduce infrastructure costs. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at this feature, with an aim to better understand its cost implications and to help you determine if it will be helpful to your cost-reduction efforts. Read more →