AWS Five Pillars of Well Architected Framework Flashcards
1
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What are the AWS Five Pillars of Well Architected Framework?
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- Operational Excellence
- Security
- Reliability
- Performance Efficiency
- Cost Optimization
2
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Pillar: Operational Excellence
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- Plan for and anticipate failure
- Script operations as code
- Deploy small, reversible changes
- Learn from failure and refine
3
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Pillar: Security
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- Automate security tasks
- Encrypt data in transit and at rest
- Assign only the least privileges required
- Track who did what and when
- Ensure security at all application layers
4
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Pillar: Reliability
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- Recover from failure automatically
- Reduce idle resources
- Scale horizontally for resilience
- Manage change through automation
- Test recovery procedures
5
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Pillar: Performance Efficiency
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- Use serverless architectures first
- Delegate tasks to a cloud vendor
- Use multi-region deployments
- Experiment with virtual resources
6
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Pillar: Cost Optimization
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- Utilize consumption-based pricing
- Measure overall efficiency
- Implement Cloud Financial Management
- Pay only for resources your application requires