EBS Flashcards

1
Q

EBS

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Elastic Block Store
Block storage designed to be connected to EC2 instances

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Volume sizing feature

EBS

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Scalable volumes

EBS

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3
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Volume types (4)

EBS

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  • General purpose SSD
  • Provisioned IOPS SSD
  • Optimized HDD
  • Cold HDD

EBS

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4
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Data loss protection

EBS

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Optional snapshots

EBS

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Availability

EBS

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Redundancy in AZ

EBS

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Optional feature

EBS

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Encryption

EBS

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Use Case

EBS Provisioned IOPS SSD

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Low latency required applications

EBS Provisioned IOPS SSD

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Use Case

EBS Cold HDD

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Less frequently accessed data

EBS Cold HDD

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moveability feature

EBS

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can be attached and detached between instances

EBS

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AZ limitation

EBS

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can only be attached to instances in same AZ

EBS

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Delete on termination

EBS

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EBS is deleted when attached instance is terminated

EBS

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12
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root EBS default

Delete on termination

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enable by default

Delete on termination

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attached EBS default

Delete on termination

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disabled by default

Delete on termination

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14
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option to change setting

Delete on termination

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any time in EBS settings

Delete on termination

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15
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snapshots

EBS

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point in time snapshot of EBS

EBS

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AZ feature

snapshots

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may copy snapshots across AZs

snapshots

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archive tier

snapshots

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tier of storage to save money at expense of recovery time

snapshots

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18
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recycle bin

snapshots

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allow deleted snapshots to be restored

snapshots

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19
Q

FSR

snapshots

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Fast Snapshot Recovery
expensive, full initialization of snapshot with no latency

snapshots

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Volume types (3/4)

EBS

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  • General Purpose
  • Provisioned IOPS
  • Thoughput optimized HDD
  • Cold HDD

EBS

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General Purpose

EBS volume types

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Low cost and good latency

EBS volume types

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gp2

General Purpose

A

size and IOPS are linked

General Purpose

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gp3

General Purpose

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can increase IOPS and throughput independently

General Purpose

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io1 / io2

EBS volume types

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Provisioned IOPS

EBS volume types

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Provisioned IOPS | EBS volume types
for sustained IOPS performance | EBS volume types
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minimum IOPS | Provisioned IOPS
16000 IOPS | Provisioned IOPS
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max IOPS | Provisioned IOPS
64000 IOPS | Provisioned IOPS
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io2 Block Express max IOPS | Provisioned IOPS
256000 IOPS | Provisioned IOPS
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EBS Multi-Attach | Provisioned IOPS
may attach up to 16 instances in the same AZ to the same drive | Provisioned IOPS
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instance permissions | EBS Multi-Attach
full read and right | EBS Multi-Attach
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use case | EBS Multi-Attach
cluster aware application | EBS Multi-Attach
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filesystem requirement | EBS Multi-Attach
must be cluster-aware | EBS Multi-Attach
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HDD limitation | EBS volume types
cannot be a boot volume | EBS volume types
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st1 | EBS volume types
Throughput optimized HDD | EBS volume types
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use case | st1
large volumes of data | st1
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sc1 | EBS volume types
cold HDD | EBS volume types
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use case | sc1
rarely accessed archive data | sc1
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benefit | sc1
low cost | sc1
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encryption | EBS
data at rest and in flight are encrypted | EBS
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snapshot handling | encryption
snapshots are encrypted | encryption
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impact | encryption
minimal impact on latency | encryption
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user intervention | encryption
user only has to provide a KMS key and select a checkbox | encryption
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how key is provided | encryption
uses a KMS key (AES-256) | encryption
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# ncryption steps to encypt an unencrypted volume (4) | encryption
1. create a snapshot 2. encrypt a copy of that snapshot 3. create new ebs volume from snapshot 4. attach volume to original instance | encryption
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Elastic Block Store Block storage designed to be connected to EC2 instances
EBS
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Scalable volumes | EBS
Volume Feature | EBS
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* General purpose SSD * Provisioned IOPS SSD * Optimized HDD * Cold HDD | EBS
Volume types (4) | EBS
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Optional snapshots | EBS
Data loss protection | EBS
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Redundancy in AZ | EBS
Availability | EBS
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Encryption | EBS
Optional feature | EBS
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Low latency required applications | EBS Provisioned IOPS SSD
Use Case | EBS Provisioned IOPS SSD
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Less frequently accessed data | EBS Cold HDD
Use Case | EBS Cold HDD
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can be attached and detached between instances | EBS
moveability feature | EBS
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can only be attached to instances in same AZ | EBS
AZ limitation | EBS
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EBS is deleted when attached instance is terminated | EBS
Delete on termination | EBS
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enable by default | Delete on termination
root EBS default | Delete on termination
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disabled by default | Delete on termination
attached EBS default | Delete on termination
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may change setting at any time in EBS settings | Delete on termination
setting | Delete on termination
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point in time snapshot of EBS | EBS
snapshots | EBS
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may copy snapshots across AZs | snapshots
AZ feature | snapshots
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tier of storage to save money at expense of recovery time | snapshots
archive tier | snapshots
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allow deleted snapshots to be restored | snapshots
recycle bin | snapshots
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Fast Snapshot Recovery expensive, full initialization of snapshot with no latency | snapshots
FSR | snapshots
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* General Purpose * Provisioned IOPS * Thoughput optimized HDD * Cold HDD | EBS
Volume types (3/4) | EBS
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Low cost and good latency | EBS volume types
General Purpose | EBS volume types
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size and IOPS are linked | General Purpose
gp2 | General Purpose
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can increase IOPS and throughput independently | General Purpose
gp3 | General Purpose
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Provisioned IOPS | EBS volume types
io1 / io2 | EBS volume types
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for sustained IOPS performance | EBS volume types
Provisioned IOPS | EBS volume types
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16000 IOPS | Provisioned IOPS
minimum IOPS | Provisioned IOPS
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64000 IOPS | Provisioned IOPS
max IOPS | Provisioned IOPS
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256000 IOPS | Provisioned IOPS
io2 Block Express max IOPS | Provisioned IOPS
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may attach up to 16 instances in the same AZ to the same drive | Provisioned IOPS
EBS Multi-Attach | Provisioned IOPS
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full read and right | EBS Multi-Attach
instance permissions | EBS Multi-Attach
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cluster aware application | EBS Multi-Attach
use case | EBS Multi-Attach
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must be cluster-aware | EBS Multi-Attach
filesystem requirement | EBS Multi-Attach
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cannot be a boot volume | EBS volume types
HDD limitation | EBS volume types
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Throughput optimized HDD | EBS volume types
st1 | EBS volume types
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large volumes of data | st1
use case | st1
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cold HDD | EBS volume types
sc1 | EBS volume types
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rarely accessed archive data | sc1
use case | sc1
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low cost | sc1
benefit | sc1
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data at rest and in flight are encrypted | EBS
encryption | EBS
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snapshots are encrypted | encryption
snapshot handling | encryption
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minimal impact on latency | encryption
impact | encryption
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user only has to provide a KMS key and select a checkbox | encryption
user intervention | encryption
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uses a KMS key (AES-256) | encryption
how key is provided | encryption
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1. create a snapshot 2. encrypt a copy of that snapshot 3. create new ebs volume from snapshot 4. attach volume to original instance | encryption
# ncryption steps to encypt an unencrypted volume (4) | encryption