Database on AWS Flashcards
What are the RDS DB options?
SQL
MySQL
PostgesSQL
Oracle
Aurora
MariaDB
What is the best DB option for online analytics
Red Shift
You need an RDS database, but do not want to manage the OS. What can you use?
Any RDS, it runs on VMs but you cannot RDP or SSH to them
Is RDS serverless?
No, except for aurora
What are the RDS backup options?
Automated and snapshots
You need to improve your RDS DB performance. What can you do?
Use read replicas
What are the characteristics of read replicas?
Can be multi-az, increases performance, must have backups turned on, can be in different regions, Can be aurora or MySQL and can promote RR to master
You promoted a read replica to master, what will break?
replication
What is the use case to use multi-az RR?
DR
How can you force a multi-az failover?
Reboot one of the instances
What DB’s provide encryption?
MySQL,
Oracle,
SQL Server,
Postgres,
MariaDB
Aurora.
What encryption service does RDS use?
AWS Key mgmt Service (KMS)
What are the characteristics of DynamoDB?
SSD Spread across thre geographically distinct data centers Eventual consistent reads (default) Strongly consistent
What is the use case for red shift?
business intelligence
Is multi-az available for red shift?
No
What is the maximum retention for red shift backups?
35 days
How many copies does red shift maintain of your data?
three. Original and replica on compute and an S3 backup
What DR options are available for red shift?
asynchronously replicate snapshots to S3 in another region
How many copies of your data are maintained in Aurora?
6 copies. 2 copies in each AZ with a minimum of 3 az’s
What are the RDS DB types?
SQL
MySQL
Postgres
Aurora
Oracle
Maria DB
What is the use case for RDS?
Online transaction processing
What is the use case for redshift?
data warehousing