AWS Storage Flashcards
What is the AWS Snow Family?
Secure, portable devices to collect and process data at the edge location and migrate data in/out of AWS
What are the 3 Snow options for Data Migration?
- SnowCone
- Snowball Edge
- Snowmobile
What are the 2 Snow options for Edge Computing?
- Snowcone
- Snowball Edge
When should I use a Snowball device?
If it is going to take more than 1 week to do over the network
What is an edge location when talking about Snow devices?
They are locations that have no internet connection
Can I import data from Snowball directly to Glacier?
No, you need to import into S3 first, and then use lifecycle policies to move to Glacier
What is Amazon FSx?
It is a fully managed service that allows you to launch 3rd party high-performance file systems on AWS
What 3 file systems are supported in FSx?
- FSx for Lustre
- FSx for Windows File Server
- FSx for NetApp ONTAP
Where does the name Lustre come from?
It is derived from Linux and Cluster
What does HPC stand for?
High Performance Computing
What are 4 features of the Scratch File System?
- Its Temporary Storage
- Data is not replicated or persisted
- High Burst 200MBps per TiB
- Used for short term processing and cost optimization
What are 4 features of the Persistent File System?
- Long term storage
- Data is replicated within the same AZ
- Replace failed files within minutes
- Used for long term processing and sensitive data
What does AWS Storage Gateway do?
It is a bridge between on-premise data and cloud data in S3
What are the 3 types of Storage Gateway?
- File Gateway
- Volume Gateway
- Tape Gateway
What are 6 features of the File Gateway?
- S3 buckets are accessible using NFS & SMB protocol
- Supports S3 standard, S3 IA and S3 One Zone IA
- Buckets are accessed using IAM roles for each File Gateway
- Most recently used data is cached in the File Gateway
- Can be mounted on many servers
- Can integrate with Active Directory (AD)
What are 4 features of Volume Gateway?
- Block storage using iSCSI protocol backed by S3
- Backed by EBS snapshots
- Cached volumes for low latency access to recent data
- Stored Volumes for entire datasets on premise, with scheduled backups to S3
What are 3 features of Tape Gateway?
- Uses VTL (Virtual Tape Library) backed by S3 & Glacier
- Back up data using existing tape based process
- Works with leading backup software vendors
What is Storage Gateway - Hardware Appliance?
It is a storage appliance you can order from AWS if you cannot install the Storage Gateway on your corporate data center
If I need to get on-premise data to the cloud, what should I use?
Storage Gateway
If I need file access, using NFS and user auth with AD, what should I use?
File Gateway
If I need volumes or block storage using iSCSI, what should I use?
Volume Gateway
If I need tape backup, what should I use?
Taped Gateway
If I dont have any on-premise virtualization, what should I use?
Hardware Appliance
What are 4 features of FSx File Gateway?
- Native access to FSx for Windows File Server
- Local Cache for frequently accessed data
- Windows native compatibility
- Useful for group file shares
Why would I use FSx File Gateway?
For caching frequently accessed data
What is the AWS Transfer Family?
Its a fully managed service for file transfers in/out of S3 or EFS using FTP
What are the 3 protocols supported by transfer family?
- FTP File Transfer Protocol
- FTPS File Transfer Protocol over SSL
- SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol
