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Understanding cloud providers and infrastructure preferences in Blazing Core

Blazing Core supports multiple cloud providers, giving you flexibility, cost optimization, and vendor independence.

Supported Providers

GCP (Google Cloud Platform)

Enterprise-grade reliability with cost-effective Standard tier networking.

Best For:

  • Production control planes
  • Low-latency applications
  • Compliance-sensitive workloads

Key Features:

  • GKE Standard (spot instances for 60-90% savings)
  • 17x cheaper egress ($0.005/GB vs $0.085/GB Premium)
  • Global network infrastructure
  • Managed certificates and load balancing

DFC (Digital Frontier Cloud)

Curated, cost-effective infrastructure on Akash Network.

Best For:

  • Burst workers
  • Cost-optimized workloads
  • Stateless services with replication

Key Features:

  • Zero egress fees
  • ~60% cheaper than GCP
  • Curated high-reliability providers
  • Same Kubernetes interface

Akash Network

Global decentralized compute marketplace.

Best For:

  • Emergency overflow capacity
  • Geographic diversity
  • Cost-sensitive batch jobs

Key Features:

  • Zero egress fees
  • 70-80% cheaper than hyperscale clouds
  • Providers in 50+ countries
  • No long-term contracts

Coming Soon

  • AWS EKS: Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
  • Azure AKS: Azure Kubernetes Service
  • Hybrid On-Prem: Your own data centers

Provider Status

Define your relationship with each provider using the status field:

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Status Semantics

| Status | Priority | When Used | Use Case | |--------|----------|-----------|----------| | prefer | 1st | Always attempted first | Primary infrastructure | | allow | 2nd | Used when preferred unavailable | Acceptable alternatives | | fallback | 3rd | Emergency only | Burst overflow capacity |

Selection Algorithm

The server scores providers based on multiple factors:

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Cost Comparison

Based on typical 2 CPU, 4GB RAM workload:

| Provider | Compute | Egress | Monthly (estimate) | |----------|---------|--------|---------------------| | GCP Standard | $40 | $5 (1TB) | $45/month | | GCP Premium | $40 | $85 (1TB) | $125/month | | DFC | $24 | $0 | $24/month (47% savings) | | Akash | $12 | $0 | $12/month (73% savings) |

Cost Optimization Strategy

Best Practice: Use multiple providers strategically:

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Result:

  • Baseline (3 replicas): GCP on-demand ($40/month)
  • Burst (7 replicas): GCP spot + DFC ($35/month)
  • Total: $75/month vs $150/month all-GCP-standard (50% savings)

Geographic Distribution

Providers have different regional coverage:

GCP Regions (35+)

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DFC Locations (Growing)

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Akash Network (Global)

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Network Tiers

GCP Network Tiers

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| Tier | Egress Cost | IPv6 | Latency | Use Case | |------|-------------|------|---------|----------| | Standard | $0.005/GB | ❌ No | Regional | Cost-optimized (default) | | Premium | $0.085/GB | ✅ Yes | Global | Low-latency worldwide |

Important: Standard tier = 17x cheaper egress. Use Premium only for truly global, latency-sensitive applications.

Public Gateway

Only one provider should have the public gateway enabled:

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Pricing: $49/month (includes static IP, certs, HTTP/HTTPS ingress)

Recommendation: Enable on GCP for maximum reliability.

Provider Capabilities Matrix

Compute & Autoscaling

| Feature | GCP | DFC | Akash | |---------|-----|-----|-------| | CPU Autoscaling | ✅ HPA | ✅ Native | ✅ Manual | | GPU Autoscaling | ✅ Full | ✅ Full | ⚠️ Limited | | Spot Instances | ✅ 60-90% savings | ✅ N/A | ✅ Bid-based | | Custom Metrics | ✅ Stackdriver | ✅ Prometheus | ⚠️ Optional |

Networking

| Feature | GCP | DFC | Akash | |---------|-----|-----|-------| | Static IPs | ✅ Auto | ✅ Via gateway | ⚠️ Community | | TLS Auto | ✅ Managed Certs | ✅ Let's Encrypt | ⚠️ Manual | | Load Balancing | ✅ Global | ✅ Gateway | ⚠️ Provider-dependent | | IPv6 | ✅ Premium only | ❌ | ⚠️ Varies |

Storage & Data

| Feature | GCP | DFC | Akash | |---------|-----|-----|-------| | Encrypted Volumes | ✅ PD CMEK | ✅ Provider | ⚠️ Optional | | Persistent Storage | ✅ Full | ✅ Full | ⚠️ Provider-dependent | | Data Residency | ✅ Org Policy | ✅ Geofencing | ⚠️ Manual |

Security & Compliance

| Feature | GCP | DFC | Akash | |---------|-----|-----|-------| | Confidential Compute | ✅ Planned | ⚠️ Planned | ❌ | | VPC Isolation | ✅ Full | ✅ Full | ⚠️ Provider-dependent | | Compliance (GDPR) | ✅ Full | ✅ Full | ⚠️ Community | | WAF | ✅ Cloud Armor | ⚠️ Optional | ❌ |

Example Configurations

Production Setup (High Reliability)

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Cost-Optimized Setup

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Compliance-First Setup (EU Only)

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Next Steps

GCP Provider Configuration