Cloud Concepts Flashcards
(#) Number of answers in the group (A) Expand acronym and one answer
Cloud Computing (2)
on-demand delivery of IT resources via Internet
Pay-as-you-go pricing
Benefits of cloud computing (5)
Trade capital expense to variable expense Economies of scale No need to guess capacity Agility No physical maintenance
Elasticity
ability to acquire recourses needed and release them when not needed
Reliability
ability to always provide functionality
Agility (4)
Lower costs of testing and new ideas
Reducing maintenance time
Reduce security risk
Access to new technologies
IaaS (A)
Infrastructure as a Service
full virtual servers ran in the cloud
SaaS (A)
Software as a Service
software is licensed and hosted in the cloud
PaaS (A)
Platform as a Service
bundle of one or more applications in the cloud without a full VM
Public Cloud
deployed on public cloud provider
Private Cloud
cloud-like platform in private datacenter
Hybrid Cloud
public cloud applications connected to private datacenter
Availability
application is built so that single failure won’t reduce functionality
Region (2)
Specific geographic location
Location has cluster of datacenters
AZ (3)
Availability Zone
Distinct locations in region that are isolated to provide availability
Each Region has multiple Availability Zones
Edge Location (2)
Allows AWS to serve content from locations closest to users
Node of CDN (Content Delivery Network)
Cost Explorer (3)
Provides cost breakdown by service
Predicted costs over next 3 months
Optimization recommendations
Budgets
Utilizes data from Cost Explorer to plan and track costs
TCO Calculator (A)
Total Cost of ownership
estimates savings from moving services from onprem to cloud
Pricing Calculator (2)
create an estimate of costs
May share or export an estimate
Resource Tag (3)
Assigned to specific resource
Name and optional value
Used to organize by department, project, etc. in cost tools
AWS Organization (3)
Multiple accounts under single master account
Consolidated and itemized billing
Centralize logging and security policies
AWS Support Plan Tiers (4)
Basic
Developer
Business
Enterprise
Basic Support (4)
Free for all customers
Access to 7 core trusted advisor checks
24x7 customer service access
Personal health dashboard
Developer Support (4)
Basic support
Access to support engineers in business hours
Limited to one contact
Starts at $29/month
Business Support (4)
Developer support
Full set of Trusted Advisor checks
Access to support engineers 24x7
Starts at $100/month
Enterprise Support (4)
Business support
Includes Technical Account Manager
Concierge support
Starts at $15k/month
Business-Critical System Down (2)
Enterprise Support only
15 minutes response time
Production System Down (2)
Business or Enterprise Support
1 hour response time
Production System Impaired (2)
Business or Enterprise
4 hours response time
System Impaired (2)
Any paid tier 12 hours (or business hours) response time
General Guidance (2)
Any paid tier 24 hours (or business hours)
Personal Health Dashboard
provides alerts and remediation guidance when an AWS event may impact you
Trusted Advisor (3)
compare AWS usage to best practices
Different checks available based on support tier
Trusted Advisor Checks (5)
Cost optimization Performance Security Fault tolerance Service limits
Quick Starts
step by step deployment instructions for common technology
Partner Network Consulting
3rd-party subject matter experts for migrations to AWS
Professional Services
AWS employed engineers that can help on a project
