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Data Science on AWS
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Data Science on AWS

by Chris Fregly, Antje Barth
April 2021
Intermediate to advanced
521 pages
13h 33m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 1. Introduction to Data Science on AWS

In this chapter, we discuss the benefits of building data science projects in the cloud. We start by discussing the benefits of cloud computing. Next, we describe a typical machine learning workflow and the common challenges to move our models and applications from the prototyping phase to production. We touch on the overall benefits of developing data science projects on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and introduce the relevant AWS services for each step of the model development workflow. We also share architectural best practices, specifically around operational excellence, security, reliability, performance, and cost optimization.

Benefits of Cloud Computing

Cloud computing enables the on-demand delivery of IT resources via the internet with pay-as-you-go pricing. So instead of buying, owning, and maintaining our own data centers and servers, we can acquire technology such as compute power, storage, databases, and other services on an as-needed basis. Similar to a power company sending electricity instantly when we flip a light switch in our home, the cloud provisions IT resources on-demand with the click of a button or invocation of an API.

“There is no compression algorithm for experience” is a famous quote by Andy Jassy, CEO, Amazon Web Services. The quote expresses the company’s long-standing experience in building reliable, secure, and performant services since 2006.

AWS has been continually expanding its service portfolio to ...

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