EC2 Storage Flashcards
Network drive you can attach to your instances
Elastic Block Store
EBS are locked to ___
Availability Zones
To move an EBS volume across AZ you first need to:
Snapshot
EBS Volumes come in 4 types:
GP2, IO1, ST1, SC1
These types can be used as boot volumes
GP2, IO1
Max IOPS for GP2
3000
Max IOPS for IO1
64000
Volume type used for most workloads
GP2
Volume type used for large db workloads, require sustained IOPS performance
IO1
Volume type used for big data, data warehouses, log processing
ST1
Volume type for consistent, fast throughput at a low price
ST1
Max IOPS for ST1
500
Volume type for storage of large data that is infrequently accessed
SC1
Max IOPS for SC1
250
Physical storage attached to the machine
Instance Store
T/F: Instance Store can be resized
False
Instance Store has ___ IOPS than EBS
Higher
Managed NFS that can be mounted on many EC2
Elastic File System
EFS works with EC2 instances in ____
Multiple AZ
EFS can be encrypted at rest with ___
KMS
Use ___ to control access to EFS
Security Group
EFS are compatible with ___ based AMI
Linux
EFS Storage Tier for frequently accessed files
Standard
EFS Storage Tier for infrequently accessed files
EFS-IA