aws-cloud-practitioner Flashcards
what is cloud computing?
Remote virtrual shared resources (Compute, storage, Database and Network)
what is a hypervisor?
software to create a VM environ on a single server
what are the 3 types of cloud deployment models?
public, private and hybrid
what is scaling ‘up and down’?
altering the power and performance of an instance (memory, CPU)
what is scaling ‘in and out’?
adds or removes the number of instances
example of Saas? (software)
gmail
example of Paas? (platform)
heroku, github
example of Iaas (infrastructure)
aws
what is EBS?
Elastic block store. Offers persistant block level storage. Can be detatched and attached to instances.
what is EC2?
Elasctic compute cloud
what is an AMI?
Amazon machine image
what is ECS?
Elastic container service (runs docker etc)
what is MIME?
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (enables the sending of data and media via http)
what is TCP?
Transmission Control Protocol
whats is lead time?
time from request to release
what is meant by muteable?
liable to change
what is CAPEX?
capital expenditure (starting up)
what is OPEX?
operational expenditure (long term)
what is NAS?
Network-attached storage
what is IOPS
input output operations per second
where is the public key?
aws
what key do you have? (public or private)
private