Amazon Storage Services Flashcards
This it to have mastery of the concepts of Storage Services in AWS
Enumerate the AWS Storage Services
Amazon S3 (object storage)
Amazon EFS (file storage) – synonymous to NAS
Amazon EBS (block level)
Glacier
Storage Gateway
SNOW Family
Database
A software or hardware appliance that you put on your local network that acts as a VPN connection in the Amazon Cloud so that you can access your storage as if it was a local storage
Storage Gateway
Storage that is used on local networks all the the time (iSCSI and Fiber Channel)
Block Storage
AWS can use block storage with EC2 Instances with __
Amazon EBS
As a Solutions Architect, What are the Factors in Selecting the Storage Size?
Capacity (Size), Performance, Cost
In most of the S3 Storage Classes, the object/file is stored distributed across how many Availability Zones (at least)
3 (Except 1A, less expensive)
True or False:
Big Data Analytics can run directly against stored data in Amazon S3
TRUE
What are the ways to get Data into Amazon S3
via API
Amazon DIRECT CONNECT (on-premise to AWS Cloud)
Amazon Storage Gateway
KInesis FireHose (Analytical data)
Transfer Acceleration (Edge locations via CloudFront)
SNOW Family
True or False:
Objects in S3 have Eventual Elasticity
TRUE
True or False:
Objects in EBS are consistent
TRUE
True or False:
Best use Case for Amazon S3 is for STATIC WEBSITE
TRUE
How do you achieve organization with Amazon S3 similar to a folder hierarchy?
By using prefix and delimiters
Features in S3 to prevent it from Accidental deletion
Versioning and Multi-factor Authentication Deletion
Archival Data Storage Solution
Glacier
A company has a production web application in which users upload documents through a web interface or a mobile app. According to a new regulatory requirement, new documents cannot be modified or deleted after they are stored. What should a solutions architect do to meet these requirements?
Store the uploaded documents in Amazon S3 Bucket with S3 Versioning and S3 Object Lock enabled.
