Cloud Concepts Flashcards
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Cloud Concepts Domain
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- Define the value proposition of the AWS Cloud
- Identify design principles of AWS Cloud
- Understand benefits and strategies for migrating existing infrastructure to AWS Cloud
- Understand concepts of cloud economics
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What is the Cloud?
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- The internet; worldwide network with communication
- Browser =request=> ISP =request=> Server => Web Host =packets=> Browser
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What is Cloud Computing?
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- On-demand delivery of compute, database storage, application, and other IT resources
- Pay as you go
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Features of Cloud Computing
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- Instantaneous access when and where you want it
- More flexible and affordable than legacy infrastructure
- Affordable for smaller budgets
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A Brief History of the Cloud
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- Mainframe computing (1950s)
- Virtual machines (1970)
- Hypervisor: software that links multiple hardware to use as one giant computer
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Cloud Computing in Daily Life
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- Email streaming, Microsoft Office, G-Suite
- Free tier, mid-tier, high-tier
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Advantages of Cloud Computing
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- Trade capital expense for variable expense (pay as you go)
- Benefit from massive economies of scale (cheaper)
- Increase speed and agility
- Stop spending money running and maintaining data centers
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AWS Well-Architected Framework
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- Cost Optimization
- Reliability
- Operational Excellence
- Performance
- Security
- Sustainability
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Cost Optimization in AWS Well-Architected Framework
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- Use what you need
- Reserve resources in advance
- Monitor for optimization
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Reliability in AWS Well-Architected Framework
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- Test disaster recovery settings
- Incorporate redundancy by having duplicate copies of resources
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Operational Excellence in AWS Well-Architected Framework
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- Document everything
- Refine operational procedures
- Anticipate failure and learn from it
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Security in AWS Well-Architected Framework
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- Automate best practices
- Always protect data
- Enable traceability
- Manage access
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AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF)
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- Best practices to help successful infrastructure migration to the cloud
- Provides recommendations for implementing, adopting, configuring, and maintaining effective workflows in the cloud
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AWS Cloud Adoption Framework Transformation Value Chain
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- Technological transformation
- Process transformation
- Organizational transformation
- Product transformation
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AWS Cloud Adoption Framework Technological Transformation
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- Utilize the cloud to migrate and modernize legacy infrastructure applications, and data and analytics platforms
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AWS Cloud Adoption Framework Process Transformation
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- Digitize, automate, and optimize business operations
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AWS Cloud Adoption Framework Organizational Transformation
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- Reimagine the operational model or how your business and technology teams work together to create customer value and meet strategic goals
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AWS Cloud Adoption Framework Product Transformation
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- Reimagine the business model by creating new value propositions and revenue models
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AWS Cloud Adoption Framework Key Business Outcomes
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- Reduced business risk
- Improved environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance
- Revenue growth
- Increased operational efficiency
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AWS Cloud Adoption Framework Perspectives
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- Business perspective
- People perspective
- Governance perspective
- Platform perspective
- Security perspective
- Operations perspective
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AWS Cloud Adoption Framework Business Perspective
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- Ensure that cloud investments accelerate digital transformation and business outcomes
- Stakeholders: CEO, CFO, COO, CIO, CTO
- Examples: strategy and product management
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AWS Cloud Adoption Framework People Perspective
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- Create a culture of continuous growth and learning where change is embraced
- Stakeholders: CIO, COO, CTO, cloud director, cross-functional leaders
- Examples: cloud fluency of employees and organizational design
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AWS Cloud Adoption Framework Governance Perspective
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- Maximize organizational benefits while minimizing cloud-transformation related risks
- Stakeholders: chief transformation officer, CIO, CTO, CFO, chief data officer, chief risk officer
- Examples: risk-management and data governance
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AWS Cloud Adoption Framework Platform Perspective
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- Build enterprise-grade, scalable, hybrid cloud platforms, implement cloud-native solutions, and modernize existing infrastructure
- Stakeholders: CTO, technology leaders, technology architects, technology engineers
- Examples: platform engineering and modern application development
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AWS Cloud Adoption Framework Security Perspective
- Achieve the confidentiality, integrity, and availability needs of cloud data and workloads
- Stakeholders: chief information security officer, chief compliance officer, internal audit leaders, security architects, and security engineers
- Examples: security governance and threat detection
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AWS Cloud Adoption Framework Operations Perspective
- Ensure that the cloud services meet business needs
- Stakeholders: infrastructure leaders, operations leaders, site reliability engineers, and IT service managers
- Examples: observability management and incident and problem management
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Cloud Transformation Journey
- Envision: demonstrate how cloud adoption will help accelerate business outcomes and objectives
- Align: identify capability gaps across the six CAF perspectives, identify cross-organizational dependencies, and recognize stakeholder concerns
- Launch: deliver pilot initiatives in production and demonstrate incremental business value before scaling to production
- Scale: expand plots, scaling up to meet desired business needs while sustaining business benefits
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A Brief History of AWS
- Launched international as Amazon.com Web Service in 2002
- Amazon evolved from online store to service company
- 10% of Amazon's revenue in 2017
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What is AWS?
- Provides IT infrastructure serves to organizations as web services
- Resources are accessed using the internet
- Utilizes pay-as-you-go model
- Many groups of services
- Flexibility, reliability, and affordability
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AWS Compute Services
- Virtual server hosting, container management, and serverless computing
- Rent server computer space and capacities for cheap
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AWS Storage Services
- Storage for both in-use and archival files
- Different costs associated with how often you need to access the files and how durable or available you want them to be
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AWS Database Services
- Fully managed relational and NoSQL databases (RDS and DynamoDB)
- Fully managed scalable petabyte-scale data warehouse service (Redshift and Elastic Cache)
- Scalable and cost-efficient
