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Part-2 of Python Learning (Malayalam) Series has been published

You can Read the article here:

– പ്രോഗ്രാമിംഗ് പഠിക്കാൻ പഠിക്കാം – പൈത്തൺ പ്രോഗ്രാമിംഗ് ഭാഗം 2 – https://www.janmabhumi.in/read/python-programming-part-2/

– YouTube Video of the same: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRZA2rCXzEs

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“Units” in Cloud Platforms and Services

When it comes to costing/pricing on cloud based platforms such as Azure or AWS, it is always a confusion especially for beginners what various units mean. Let us have a look at some such common unit terminologies.

  1. SKU – Stock Keeping Unit – A purchasable units in a platform. Ref – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_keeping_unit

  2. ACU – Azure Compute Unit – A unit used to compare compute performance across Azure SKUs. Ref – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/acu
  3. TU – Transaction Unit – Usually 10K transactions = 1 Transaction Unit
  4. DTU – Database Transaction Unit – Ref – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/purchasing-models#understanding-dtus
  5. eDTU – elastic DTU – Ref – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/purchasing-models#dtu-based-purchasing-model
  6. RU – Request Unit – Ref – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/request-units
  7. DBCU – Databricks Commit Unit – Ref – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/details/databricks/
  8. DBU – Databricks Unit – Ref – https://docs.databricks.com/administration-guide/capacity-planning/cmbp.html
  9. DPU – Database Processing Unit – Ref – https://aws.amazon.com/glue/pricing/

This list will be updated regularly.