EC2 Instance Storage

Question 1

What AWS service provides a network device that can be attached to instances for storage?

Answer 1

AWS EBS

Question 2

What service do you use to back up an EBS volume to S3?

Answer 2

EBS Snapshot

Question 3

What can you create to quickly spin up an EC2 instance with a certain OS, and Software configuration?

Answer 3

An AMI (Amazon Machine Image)

Question 4

Which service automates the creation and testing of Virtual Machine and Container Images?

Answer 4

EC2 Image Builder

Question 5

What service is a high-performance hardware disk that is faster than EBS but has a higher data loss risk?

Answer 5

EC2 Instance Store

Question 6

What service provides a managed network file store that can be mounted to 100s of EC2 instances?

Answer 6

AWS EFS (Elastic File System)

Question 7

What storage service automatically moves your files based on last access?

Answer 7

EFS Infrequent Access (EFS-IA)

Question 8

Which Amazon service allows for high-performance 3rd party file systems running on AWS?

Answer 8

Amazon FSx

Question 9

What three file systems are available for Amazon FSx?

Answer 9

FSx for Lustre
FSx for Windows File Server
FSx for NetApp ONTAP