EC2

Question 1

General Purpose Types

Answer 1

T2, T3, M5, M4

Question 2

Compute Optimized Types

Answer 2

C4, C5

Question 3

Memory Optimized Types

Answer 3

R4, R5, X1e, X1, Z1d

Question 4

Accelerated Computing Types

Answer 4

P2, P3, G3, F1

Question 5

Storage Optimized Types

Answer 5

H1, I3, D2,

Question 6

What does the “d” mean at the end of an instance type ? For example “c5d” instead of “c5” ?

Answer 6

The “d” designates that NVME SSD storage is available as an option for this instance type.

Question 7

What are good use-cases for T2, T3 instance types ?

Answer 7

Websites and web applications, development environments, build servers, code repositories, micro services, test and staging environments, and line of business applications.

Question 8

What are good use-cases for M4 and M5 instances ?

Answer 8

Small and mid-size databases, data processing tasks that require additional memory, caching fleets, and for running backend servers for SAP, Microsoft SharePoint, cluster computing, and other enterprise applications.

Question 9

What are good use cases for C5 instances ?

Answer 9

High performance web servers, scientific modelling, batch processing, distributed analytics, high-performance computing (HPC), machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, highly scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

Question 10

What is FIGHT DR MCPX stand for ?

Answer 10

F - FPGA
I - IOPS
G - Graphics
H - High Disk Throughput
T - Cheap. think T2 Micro
D - Density
R - RAM
M - Main choice for general purpose
C - Compute
P - Graphics (Pics)
X - Xtreme Memory

Question 11

What are the pricing options for EC2

Answer 11

On Demand
Reserved
Spot Instances
Dedicated