Databases - RedShift Flashcards
Is RedShift fully managed?
Yes
RedShift configuration
Single node (160 GB), multi-node
Multi node consists of
Leader node, compute node
Leader node
manages client connections and receives queries
Compute node
store data and perform queries and computations. up to 128 compute nodes
Does RedShift organize data by rows or columns?
Columns, so improved performance
Redshift is fast because
Massively Parallel processing, advanced compression
RedShift pricing
compute node hours,backup, data transfer w/in a VPC
RedShift security
encrypted in transit (SSL), encrypted at rest (AES-256), redshift takes care of key management by default
Redshift availability
1 AZ, can restore snapshots to new AZs in case of outage