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Workload

Meaning in cloud computing & devops, with examples

/ˈwɜrkloʊd/nounCommon term

In cloud computing & devops, workload means: An application, service or job that runs on cloud resources and uses computing power, for example a website, a batch job or a database.

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How it is used

A general word in cloud planning and documentation: 'migrate workloads to the cloud', 'production workloads', 'stateless workloads'. In Kubernetes, Deployments and Jobs are called workload resources.

Example sentences

  1. We moved the batch workloads to spot instances, which cut their cost by more than half.

  2. Not every workload belongs in the cloud; some legacy systems are cheaper to run on-premises.

Common collocations

  • production workload
  • migrate workloads
  • run a workload
  • stateless workload
  • cloud computingRenting servers, storage, databases and other computing resources over the internet from a provider, instead of buying and running your own hardware.
  • instanceOne running copy of a virtual server or service in the cloud. You choose its size, such as how many CPUs and how much memory it has, and pay while it runs.
  • spot instanceSpare cloud capacity sold at a much lower price, which the provider can take back at short notice when it needs the capacity again.
  • autoscalingAutomatically adding servers or containers when demand rises and removing them when it falls, based on rules such as CPU use or number of requests.

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