AWS General Concepts Flashcards
What is cloud computing?
On-demand delivery of IT resources and applications via the internet
What are advantages of cloud computing?
- Reduced risks
- Automatically scale to meet needs (agility)
- Ensure reliable coverage even in the face of a natural disaster
- Secure your data
How does cloud computing help organizations meet the demands of market conditions?
Through:
- Scalability
- Agility
- Elasticity
- Reliability
What does the elasticity of aws allow you to do?
- Quickly deploy new applications
- Instantly scale up as the workload grows
- Instantly shut down resources that are no longer required
What is the ability of a system to recover from infrastructure or service failures?
Reliability
What are AWS Regions?
Regions are a separate geographical area that has multiple isolated locations called availability zones
One or more discrete data centers, each with redundant power, network, connectivity, housed in separate facilities
Availability Zone
What is it called when a system can remain operational even if some of it’s components fail?
Fault Tolerance
What are the three AWS Interfaces
- AWS Management Console
- Command Line Interface (CLI)
- SDK (Software Development Kit)
