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1
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CloudWatch Default Host-Level Metrics Consist of

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  • CPU
  • Network
  • Disk
  • Status Check
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True or False: RAM Utilization requires a custom metric?

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True

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3
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CloudWatch Metrics minimum granularity

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1 minute; however, to see 1-minute intervals, you must enable detailed monitoring

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4
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CloudWatch Standard intervals

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5 minutes

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CloudWatch Detailed intervals

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1 minute

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True or False: CloudWatch Detailed intervals cost more than standard.

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True, although there is a free tier for small use cases, there is a higher cost for detailed metrics.

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True or False: Default host-level metrics for Disk include available storage.

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False. To see storage available on the disk requires a custom metric.

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the four different EBS volume types consist of:

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General Purpose (SSD) - gp2
Provisioned IOPS (SSD) - io1
Throughput Optimized (HDD) - st1
Cold (HHD) - sc1
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9
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EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) use cases

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  • Recommended for most workloads
  • System boot volumes
  • Virtual Desktops
  • Low-Latency interactive apps
  • Dev/Test environments
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EBS Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) use cases

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  • Critical applications that require sustained IOPS of more than 10,000 IOPS, or 160 MiB/s throughput per volume
  • Large database workloads such as MongoDB, Cassandra, MS SQL
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EBS Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) use cases:

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  • Streaming workloads that require consistent throughput at low cost
  • Big Data
  • Data warehouses
  • Log processing
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12
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Can a Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) be used as a boot volume?

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No

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Cold HDD (sc1) use cases

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  • Throughput-oriented storage for large volumes of data.
  • Infrequently accessed data
  • When cost is important
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Can Cold HDD (sc1) be used as a boot volume?

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No

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15
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EBS General Purpose SSD maximum volume size

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16,384 GiB

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16
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EBS General Purpose SSD maximum IOPS

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10,000 IOPS. Use provisioned IOPS for applications requiring more.

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17
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Maximum IOPS and throughput - Provisioned IOPS

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  • 32,000 IOPS

- 500 MB/S throughput

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18
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Maximum IOPS and throughput - General Purpose SSD (gp2)

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  • 10,000 IOPS

- 160MB/s throughput

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Maximum IOPS and throughput - Throughput Optimized HDD (st1)

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  • 500 IOPS

- 500 MB/s Throughput

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20
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Maximum IOPS and throughput - Cold HDD (sc1)

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  • 250 IOPS

- 25 MB/s throughput

21
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EBS baseline IOPS (non-provisioned IOPS)

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3 IOPS per GiB. Ex 100GiB EBS volume = 300 IOPS

22
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Minimum EBS volume size (GiB) to achieve maximum 10,000 IOPS for non provisioned IOPS volumes

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3,334. Remember AWS baseline IOPS is 3 IOPS per GiB. 3,334 x 3 = 10,002, which provides 10k IOPS.

23
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Should you pre-warm an EBS volume?

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No. Pre warming EBS volumes is no longer required to achieve maximum performance.

24
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In order to achieve maximum performace from a snapshot, what needs to be done?

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Initialize the volume. Read all the blocks on a restored EBS volume by reading all of the blocks prior to use.

25
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EBS CloudWatch Metrics:
VolumeReadBytes
VolumeWriteBytes

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provides information on I/O for a specified period of time. Examples include total transfered bytes, average size of I/O operations.

Units: Bytes

26
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EBS CloudWatch Metrics:
VolumeReadOps
VolumeWriteOps

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Total number of I/O operations in a specified period of time.

units: Counts

27
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EBS CloudWatch Metrics:
VolumeTotalReadTime
VolumeTotalWriteTime

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The total number of seconds spent by all operations that completed in a specified period of time. If multiple requests are submitted at the same time, the total requests will be greater than the time period measured.

units Seconds

28
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EBS CloudWatch Metrics:

VolumeIdleTime

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The total number of seconds in a specified period of time when no read or write operations were submitted.

Units: Seconds

29
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EBS CloudWatch Metrics:

VolumeQueueLength

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The number of read and write operation requests waiting to be completed in a specified period of time. If the number is greater than 0, you should adjust your disk to increase IOPS.

30
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EBS CloudWatch Metrics:

VolumeThroughputPercentage

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Provisioned IOPS only. The percentage of I/O operations per second delivered or the total IOPS provisioned.

Units: Percent

31
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EBS CloudWatch Metrics:

VolumeConsumedReadWriteOps

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Provisioned IOPS only. Total number of read and write operations in a specified period of time.

units: Count

32
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Explain how an I/O operation works

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I/O are normalized at 256k. Operations =<256k=1 IOPS. Operations >256k equal 2 or more, in increments of 256k. Ex, a 1024k operation will equal 4 IOPS. That is 1024/256=4.

33
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EBS CloudWatch Metrics:

Name the volume status check statuses

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  • Ok - Normal
  • Warning - Degraded, or severely degraded. Operating below expectations.
  • Impaired - Stalled, Not available. Severely impacted, or disabled.
  • Insufficient Data - Insufficient Data. Likely a new metric still collecting data.
34
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Can you modify an EBS volume?

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Yes, in current generation EC2 instance types.

35
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How can you modify an EBS volume?

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Issue the modification command via console or command line.

36
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True or False, when you increase an EBS volume, the OS immediatly has access to the extra storage space?

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False: You must go into the OS and extend the volume.

37
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Are Dashboards multi-region?

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Yes: Just create a widget and change the desired region.

38
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Do widgets and dashboards auto-save while you create them?

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No. Remember to save.

39
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True or false: You can retrieve log data from any terminated EC2 or ELB instance after it’s terminated?

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True: CloudWatch logs are by default stored indefinitely.

40
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Can CloudWatch be used for on-premises resources?

41
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What are the requirements for using CloudWatch on-prem?

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Download and install the SSM and CloudWatch agents.

42
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What is the maximum EBS IOPS burst?

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  1. You can spend IOPS credits to burst IOPS at a lower volume size. Think 3 to 1 IOPS to GiB ratio.
43
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What size is an IO operation standardized?

44
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If an IO operation is greater than 256k, how does AWS handle this?

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Take the size of the operation and divide by 256k

45
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If an IO operation is 1024k, how many IO operations is this?

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Four operations. 1024 (size of operation) / 256 (size of one IO)

46
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Name this volume status:

Ok

47
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Name this volume status:

Stalled, Not available. Severely impacted, or disabled.

48
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Name this volume status:

Insufficient Data

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Insufficient Data. (Likely a new metric still collecting data.)

49
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Name this volume status:

Degraded, or severely degraded. Operating below expectations

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