AWS Glue | Security and availability

Question 1

When does billing for my AWS Glue jobs begin and end?

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Answer 1

Billing commences as soon as the job is scheduled for execution and continues until the entire job completes. With AWS Glue, you only pay for the time for which your job runs and not for the environment provisioning or shutdown time.

Question 2

How does AWS Glue keep my data secure?

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Answer 2

We provide server side encryption for data at rest and SSL for data in motion.

Question 3

What are the service limits associated with AWS Glue?

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Answer 3

Please refer our documentation to learn more about service limits.

Question 4

What regions is AWS Glue in?

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Answer 4

Please refer to Regional Products and Services for details of AWS Glue service availability by region.

Question 5

How many DPUs (Data Processing Units) are allocated to the development endpoint?

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Answer 5

A development endpoint is provisioned with 5 DPUs by default. You can configure a development endpoint with a minimum of 2 DPUs and a maximun of 5 DPUs.

Question 6

How do I scale the size and performance of my AWS Glue ETL jobs?

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Answer 6

You can simply specify the number of DPUs (Data Processing Units) you want to allocate to your ETL job. A Glue ETL job requires a minimum of 2 DPUs. By default, AWS Glue allocates 10 DPUs to each ETL job.