Cloud Practitioner Part 1 Flashcards
What is cloud computing?
The practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or personal computer
What type of hosting has multiple physical machines that act as one system and is flexible, scalable, secure, cost-effective, and has high configuration?
Cloud Hosting
What is AWS
Cloud Service Provider
What is a cloud service provider?
Company that offers a range of cloud services, enabling its users to utilize these services individually or in combination to construct comprehensive cloud architectures
For the Landscape of CSPs, which tier of Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) is known for leveraging well-established technologies, focusing on specialization to cater to specific industry needs or technological niches, and may not innovate as rapidly as the top-tier providers?
Tier 2 (Mid-Tier)
What is a series of market research reports published by IT consulting firm Garter that rely on proprietary qualitative data analysis methods to demonstrate market trends, such as direction, and maturity, and participants?
Magic Quadrant
What cloud service is a virtual database for storing and reporting data or a database for general-purpose web applications?
Database
What category of cloud service offering does the EC2 Virtual machine belong in?
Compute
What is the name of the software component responsible for creating and managing Virtual Machines (VMs)?
Hypervisor
Which type of cloud computing is allows you to focus on the deployment and management of your apps without worry of provisioning, configuring, or understanding the hardware or OS?
Platform as a service
What is a private cloud?
Cloud computing deployment model is designed exclusively for a single organization, providing enhanced security and control over data.
What organizations commonly use On Premise (Private) Cloud
Public sectors, hospitals, insurance companies
Which benefit of cloud computing allows you to launch workloads worldwide by simply choosing a region?
Global
What is the throughput measured at which a computer can complete a computational task?
- FLOPS (Floating Point Operations Per Second)
- Transactions per second (TPS)
- Instructions per second (IPS)
What is high availability?
The benefit of cloud that allows you to operate continuously without failure for a designated period of time.
Is it possible to utilize cloud computing for deploying your application on a global scale?
Yes, you can deploy your app in multiple regions around the world. This also provides a lower latency and a better experience for your customers at a minimal cost.
What is AWS Global Infrastructure?
Globally distributed hardware and data centers that are physically networked together to act as one large resource for the end customer.
What is a region?
A geographically distinct location which has multiple data centers (AZs)
What are regional services?
AWS scopes their AWS management console to a selected region, which determines both where an AWS service will be launched and what will be visible within that service’s console.
What are Availability Zones
Distinct locations comprising one or more data centers within a cloud computing region.