10 - The Cloud Journey

Question 1

Well architected framework

Answer 1

Evaluate architecture you built for excellence, enable users to build a secure high performing resilient and efficient infrastructure for application, self service tool through console, can override settings

Question 2

ROESCOPE

Answer 2

Reliability - recovery planning, ability to consistently perform intended functions

Operational excellence - running and monitoring systems to deliver business value, continual improvement, automating deployment pipelines

Security - priority #1, integrity of data, encryption

Cost optimization - where money is spent, estimations

Performance efficiency - IT and computing resources efficiently

Question 3

Benefits of the cloud

Answer 3

Trade fixed expenses for variable expenses

Question 4

Benefit from massive economies of scale

Answer 4

Lower cost of running your own

Question 5

Stop guessing capacity

Answer 5

Pay for what you use with scaling up/down from day to day, scaling can take minutes

Question 6

Increase speed and agility

Answer 6

Flexibility helps drive innovation with ease of provisioning resources, new database stood up in minutes

Question 7

Stop spending money running and maintaining data centers

Answer 7

Focus on what makes your business valuable

Question 8

Go global in minutes

Answer 8

Replicate architecture to a region in Germany, traditionally takes months or years