Ch2 Terms

Question 1

Metadata

Answer 1

Data about data

Question 2

Digital Transformation

Answer 2

Integrating digital technology in all areas of business

Question 3

Data Archiving

Answer 3

Storing data that is no longer in active use long term for compliance purposes

Question 4

HA

Answer 4

High Availability

Question 5

High Availability

Answer 5

The ability for a System to be available continously without fail

Question 6

Schema

Answer 6

The organization of data within a Relationable Database Table

Question 7

Sharding

Answer 7

Partitioning a large database into smaller, easily managed portions

Question 8

Block Storage

Answer 8

A high performance storage method where Files are split into blocks.
(Does not store metadata)

Question 9

File Storage

Answer 9

A simple, less expensive Hierarchical form of storage where Files are organized under Directories.
(Supports Metadata)

Question 10

Object Storage

Answer 10

Files are given a unique ID and stored in a flat address space as “Objects”. Objects are retrieved by their IDs.
(Supports Comprehensive Metadata)

Question 11

Why use Object Storage?

Answer 11

• 90% of data is unstructured
> (photos, music, videos)
• More Efficient and Scalable
• No Metadata Limit
• Cost Effective

Question 12

EBS

Answer 12

Elastic Block Service

Question 13

EFS

Answer 13

Elastic File System

Question 14

S3

Answer 14

Simple Storage Service

Question 15

Storage System

Answer 15

Stores and Backs Up Primary Data

Question 16

IOPS

Answer 16

Input/Output Operations Per Second

Question 17

RAID

Answer 17

Redundant Array of Independant Disks

Question 18

Storage Tiering

Answer 18

Tier 1: Critical Data
Tier 2: Data from Applications
Tier 3: Infrequent Access
Tier 4: Archived Data

Question 19

DAS

Answer 19

Direct Attatched Storage

Question 20

NAS

Answer 20

Network Attatched Storage

Question 21

SAN

Answer 21

Storage Area Network

Question 22

Storage Replication

Answer 22

Duplicating Data across multiple locations to make it more accessible

Question 23

Database

Answer 23

A collection of Information

Question 24

ACID

Answer 24

Atomocity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability

Question 25

Atomocity

Answer 25

All instructions within a transaction must complete. If not, it will roll back upon failure.

Question 26

A SAN Network is also known as ___.

Answer 26

A SAN Fabric

Question 27

Synchronous Replication

Answer 27

A high speed, low latency connection that requires all local data to be written before the application is informed.

Question 28

Asynchronous Replication

Answer 28

Data is stored locally, reported as "stored" and will send data to other Replication partners at the next opportunity.