Azure: How to Guide

A simple 'How to Guide' to assess, evaluate, test and optimize Ampere Altra Cloud Native Processors on Microsoft Azure.

Learn about the Ampere Altra Processor,

• value proposition, and technical documentation

https://amperecomputing.com/products/processors

https://amperecomputing.com/solutions/azure?referrer=azure

Do an inventory of your software stacks

• Study types of applications (open/closed source)

• Check for aarch64 support (Compilers, JDK etc.)

Evaluate software readiness via Ampere Ready Software: https://amperecomputing.com/solution

Assess your stack readiness using workload briefs: https://amperecomputing.com/developer

System test drive options at: https://amperecomputing.com/where-to-try

Build using newer versions of available compilers (gcc, clang, etc.)

• Runtime languages like Java are easier to transition.

• Aarch64 container images for most applications readily available

What does it take to build PostgreSQL (Large complex application, and among the top 5 databases in use) on Arm64?

Copy
git clone https://github.com/postgres/postgres.git
cd postgres
./configure --with-openssl
CFLAGS= "-mcpu=native" make -j
sudo make install

Five lines of code!

validate against your usual test suites.

• Use performance tuning guides on Ampere Developer center.

• Study performance scaling under load and SLA

Tools used – the same as on x86 perf, sysstat, eBPF, etc.

Tuning Guides: https://amperecomputing.com/tuning-guides

• Update your Infrastructure as Code tools - Terraform, Ansible etc.

• For containerized environments, use Docker image manifest lists.

• Study performance and reliability under load, Perform Canary Deployments to ensure functionality and expected performance

• Deployment guides on Azure Dps series: https://amperecomputing.com/developers/deploying-cloud-applications

• Engage with Ampere Developer Community: https://community.amperecomputing.com/

For feedback, contact: developer@amperecomputing.com