AWS Storage

Question 1

What is the AWS Snow Family?

Answer 1

Secure, portable devices to collect and process data at the edge location and migrate data in/out of AWS

Question 2

What are the 3 Snow options for Data Migration?

Answer 2

• SnowCone
• Snowball Edge
• Snowmobile

Question 3

What are the 2 Snow options for Edge Computing?

Answer 3

• Snowcone

- Snowball Edge

Question 4

When should I use a Snowball device?

Answer 4

If it is going to take more than 1 week to do over the network

Question 5

What is an edge location when talking about Snow devices?

Answer 5

They are locations that have no internet connection

Question 6

Can I import data from Snowball directly to Glacier?

Answer 6

No, you need to import into S3 first, and then use lifecycle policies to move to Glacier

Question 7

What is Amazon FSx?

Answer 7

It is a fully managed service that allows you to launch 3rd party high-performance file systems on AWS

Question 8

What 3 file systems are supported in FSx?

Answer 8

• FSx for Lustre
• FSx for Windows File Server
• FSx for NetApp ONTAP

Question 9

Where does the name Lustre come from?

Answer 9

It is derived from Linux and Cluster

Question 10

What does HPC stand for?

Answer 10

High Performance Computing

Question 11

What are 4 features of the Scratch File System?

Answer 11

• Its Temporary Storage
• Data is not replicated or persisted
• High Burst 200MBps per TiB
• Used for short term processing and cost optimization

Question 12

What are 4 features of the Persistent File System?

Answer 12

• Long term storage
• Data is replicated within the same AZ
• Replace failed files within minutes
• Used for long term processing and sensitive data

Question 13

What does AWS Storage Gateway do?

Answer 13

It is a bridge between on-premise data and cloud data in S3

Question 14

What are the 3 types of Storage Gateway?

Answer 14

• File Gateway
• Volume Gateway
• Tape Gateway

Question 15

What are 6 features of the File Gateway?

Answer 15

• 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)

Question 16

What are 4 features of Volume Gateway?

Answer 16

• 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

Question 17

What are 3 features of Tape Gateway?

Answer 17

• Uses VTL (Virtual Tape Library) backed by S3 & Glacier
• Back up data using existing tape based process
• Works with leading backup software vendors

Question 18

What is Storage Gateway - Hardware Appliance?

Answer 18

It is a storage appliance you can order from AWS if you cannot install the Storage Gateway on your corporate data center

Question 19

If I need to get on-premise data to the cloud, what should I use?

Answer 19

Storage Gateway

Question 20

If I need file access, using NFS and user auth with AD, what should I use?

Answer 20

File Gateway

Question 21

If I need volumes or block storage using iSCSI, what should I use?

Answer 21

Volume Gateway

Question 22

If I need tape backup, what should I use?

Answer 22

Taped Gateway

Question 23

If I dont have any on-premise virtualization, what should I use?

Answer 23

Hardware Appliance

Question 24

What are 4 features of FSx File Gateway?

Answer 24

• Native access to FSx for Windows File Server
• Local Cache for frequently accessed data
• Windows native compatibility
• Useful for group file shares

Question 25

Why would I use FSx File Gateway?

Answer 25

For caching frequently accessed data

Question 26

What is the AWS Transfer Family?

Answer 26

Its a fully managed service for file transfers in/out of S3 or EFS using FTP

Question 27

What are the 3 protocols supported by transfer family?

Answer 27

• FTP File Transfer Protocol
• FTPS File Transfer Protocol over SSL
• SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol