AWS-Module 5: Storage & Databases Flashcards
What is Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?
An EBS is a virtual hard Drive that you can attach to your EC2 instance
With ______ you define the size, type and configurations of the volume you need. Provision the volume, and then attach it to your EC2 instance. From there, you can configure your application to write to the volume and you’re good to go. If you stop and then start the EC2 instance, the data in the volume remains
EBS
EBS allows you to take incremental backups of your data called ________
snapshots
It’s very important that you take regular ________ of your EBS volumes. This way, if a drive ever becomes corrupted, you haven’t lost your data. And you can restore that data from a ___________
snapshots
____________ are different from full backups, in which all the data in a storage volume copies each time a backup occurs. The full backup includes data that has not changed since the most recent backup.
Incremental backups
What is an instance store?
An instance store is disk storage that is physically attached to the host computer for an EC2 instance, and therefore has the same lifespan as the instance. When the instance is terminated, you lose any data in the instance store.
EC2 instances are virtual servers. If you start an instance from a stopped state, the instance might start on another host, where the previously used _______ volume does not exist. Therefore, AWS recommends _________ for use cases that involve temporary data that you do not need in the long term.
instance stores
What is Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)?
it’s a data store that allows you to store and retrieve a virtually unlimited amount of data at any scale
Amazon S3 stores data as objects in __________.
buckets
The maximum file size for an object in Amazon S3 is ________.
5 TB
Data is stored as objects, but instead of storing them in a file directory, you store them in what we call __________
buckets
What are the different Amazon S3 storage classes?
- S3 Standard
- S3 Standard-infrequent access (S3 Standard- IA)
- S3 One zone -Infrequent Access (S3 One Zone-IA)
- S3 Intelligent-Tiering
- S3 Glacier Instant retrieval
- S3 Glacier Flexible retrieval
- S3 Glacier deep archive
- S3 Outposts
What is S3 Standard best for?
- Designed for frequently accessed data
- Stores data in a minimum of three availability zones
What is S3 Standard- Infrequent Access ( S3 Standard- IA) best for?
- Ideal for infrequently accessed data
- Similar to Amazon S3 standard but has a lower storage price and higher retrieval price
What is S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access (S3 One-Zone - IA) best for?
- Stores data in a single availability zone
- Has a lower storage price than Amazon S3 Standard - IA
What is S3 Intelligent- Tiering best for?
- Ideal for data with unknown or changing access patterns
- Requires a small monthly monitoring and automation fee per object
What is S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval best for?
- Works well for archived data that required immediate access
- Can retrieve objects within a few milliseconds
What is S3 Glacier flexible retrieval best for?
- Low cost storage designed for data archiving
- Able to retrieve objects within a few minutes to hours
What is S3 Glacier Deep Archive best for?
- Lowest cost object storage class ideal for archiving
- Able to retrieve objects within 12 hours
What is S3 Outposts best for?
- Creates S3 buckets to Amazon S3 Outposts
- Makes it easier to retrieve, store, and access data on AWS outposts
____________ and comes with 11 nines of durability. That means an object stored in ____________ has a 99.999999999 percent probability that it will remain intact after a period of 1 year.
S3 Standard
____________ is static website hosting, where a static website is a collection of HTML files and each file is akin to a physical page of the actual site. You can do this by simply uploading all your HTML, static web assets, and so forth into a bucket and then checking a box to host it as a static website. You can then enter the bucket’s URL and bam! Instant website.
Amazon S3