File Storage Services Flashcards
The default storage class and is for frequently accessed data
S3 Standard
The storage class that will move your data to the correct storage class based on usage
S3 Intelligent-Tiering
The storage class for infrequently accessed data with the standard resilience
S3 Standard - IA
The storage class that is for infrequently access data that is only stored in one AZ
S3 One Zone IA
______ is a feature that can be enabled per bucket that allows for optimized uploading of data using the AWS Edge Locations as a part of Amazon CloudFront.
S3 Transfer Acceleration
Both S3 Glacier and Glacier Deep Archive are designed for ______ of data within S3 as a separate storage class.
archival
Which archival type?
- 180 days minimum storage
- can be retrieved in hours
- you pay a fee per GB retrieved
- over 23 times less expensive than S3 standard storage class
S3 Glacier Deep Archive
Which archival type?
- 90 days minimal storage
- can be retrieved in either minutes or hours
- you pay a fee per GB retrieved
- over 5 times less expensive than S3 standard storage class
S3 Glacier
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) is ________ storage designed to be connected to a single __________ instance that can scale to support __________ of data and supports multiple volume types based on need.
block
EC2
petabytes
Which EBS volume type is cost effective and designed for general workloads?
General Purpose SSD
Which EBS volume type is high performance volume for low latency applications?
Provisioned IOPS SSD
Which EBS volume type is designed for frequently accessed data?
Throughput Optimized HDD
Which EBS volume type is designed for less frequently accessed workloads?
Cold HDD
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) is a fully managed ________ file system designed to support _____ workloads.
NFS
Linux
Amazon FSx for _____________ is a fully managed native Windows file system.
Windows File Server
Which data transfer service is described below?
- Designed for large-scale data transfer
- Supports petabyte scale transfer
- Physical device is delivered by AWS
- You connect the device to your network and upload your data
- Device is returned by local carrier
- AWS receives device and loads your data into S3
AWS Snowball
Which data transfer service is described below?
- Designed for large-scale data transfer
- Supports exabyte scale transfer
- Ruggedized shipping container is delivered to your location
- AWS sets up a connection to your network
- You load your data on the device
- AWS will load data into S3 when the container is received at an AWS location
AWS Snowmobile
Company launched a site that offers daily tutorials for developers. It uses S3 to store the assets needed per tutorial. These assets are very popular within the week the tutorial is launched. After this initial week, these assets are rarely accessed. How could the company reduce its S3 costs while maintaining durability?
S3 lifecycle rules with S3-Standard IA storage class
Company is moving to AWS. They have 2 PB of user-generated content that they need to migrate. They are trying to determine if there is a faster than uploading over the internet. Would there be another approach you would recommend for the company?
AWS Snowball
Company produces a messaging app. It is looking for a shared file system between 8 different Linux EC2 instances. The file system would need to support roughly 1 PB of data. What approach would you recommend?
Amazon Elastic File System
