AWS

Question 1

CloudWatch Event Rules

Answer 1

trigger AWS lambda functions or other AWS services based on scheduled events (like a cron job)

Also referred to as AWS EventBridge

Question 2

SAM

Answer 2

Serverless Application Model

Created to simplify the development, deployment and management of serverless applications.

Designed to specifically work with Lambda

Allows you to define serverless resources and their configs using a simple YAML template

Example of Simplified Infra as Code

Question 3

Batch computing jobs

Answer 3

automated programs that run on a computer without human interaction

ex: repetitive data tasks that are compute intensive like filtering, sorting, and backups.

Often schedules to run when the computer is idle like during the weekend or overnight

Question 4

Batch computing jobs characteristics

Answer 4

• Scheduled: run at regularly scheduled times
• Automated: automated processes that perform similiar tasks without user interaction
• Cost effective: good way to handle large amounts of data at once
• Chained: multiple batch jobs can be chained together to form a group of jobs called a batch job chain
• Resource provisions:

Question 5

AWS Batch Job

Answer 5

fully managed service that allows users to run batch computing jobs on AWS Cloud without having to install or manage batch computing software or server clusters

• Plans, schedules and runs jobs, manages infra for users too