AWS Module 3 - Global Infrastructure

Question 1

What are the key business factors to consider when determining the most suitable AWS Region for deploying services, data, and applications?

Answer 1

Compliance: Ensuring alignment with data governance and legal requirements.
Proximity: Choosing a Region close to customers for faster content delivery.
Available Services: Variations in service offerings among different Regions.
Pricing: Variances in prices due to tax structures and other factors across Regions.

Question 2

What are Availability Zones in AWS, and how do they contribute to data center redundancy and disaster resilience?

Answer 2

Availability Zones are either single data centers or groups of data centers within a Region.
They are geographically separated, minimizing the impact of a disaster in one Zone on others.
Redundancy and resilience are achieved by the geographic isolation of these Zones.

Question 3

What is the purpose of an Amazon CloudFront edge location?
Answer:

Answer 3

Edge locations are used by Amazon CloudFront for caching content, reducing latency and improving content delivery.

Question 4

What are the primary methods for interacting with AWS services?

Answer 4

AWS Management Console
AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)
Software Development Kits (SDKs)

Question 5

What is AWS CloudFormation?

Answer 5

AWS CloudFormation allows the creation of environments through code, treating infrastructure as code to manage and provision AWS resources.