Global Infrastructure Flashcards

1
Q

Global Application

A

Deployed in multiple geographies

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2
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Benefit of Global Application

A

Lower latency
Better experience
DR

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3
Q

Route53

A

DNS

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4
Q

CloudFront

A

CDN
Replicate applications to AWS Edge Locations

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5
Q

S3 Transfer Acceleration

A

Accelerate uploads and downloads to S3

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6
Q

Route 53 Weighted Routing Policies

A

Load balancing through DNS

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7
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Latency Routing Policy

A

Routes DNS traffic based on users latency

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8
Q

Failover Routing Policy

A

DNS performs health checks and fails over

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9
Q

How does Cloudfront lower latency?

A

Apps cached globally
216 points of presence

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10
Q

Cloudfront security benefit

A

DDOS protection
WAF

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11
Q

Cloudfront Origin services (2)

A

S3
HTTP

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12
Q

Cloudfront vs. S3 Cross Region Replication

A

Cloudfront uses Global Edge and Cache

S3 CRR must be set up for each region

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13
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S3 Transfer Acceleration

A

Transfers S3 files internally from one region to another

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14
Q

S3 Transfer Acceleration benefit

A

Faster transfers

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15
Q

AWS Global Accelerator

A

Internally route traffic between regions.

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16
Q

AWS Global Accelerator benefit

A

Improves availability and performance (60%)

17
Q

Which AWS service uses 2 Anycast IP’s to connect to Edge locations?

A

AWS Global Accelerator

18
Q

AWS Global Accelerator vs. Cloudfront

A

AWS Global Accelerator: Sends traffic through proxies to local Edge locations

Cloudfront: CDN that caches content

19
Q

AWS Outposts

A

AWS hardware in your DC. (Racks)
Hybrid Cloud
Peloaded with AWS services

20
Q

AWS outposts benefits

A

Local data processing
Data residency
Easier migration from on-prem to cloud
Fully managed (except physical security)

21
Q

AWS Wavelength

A

Deploy AWS services to 5G edge

22
Q

AWS local zones

A

Extend AZ’s into local regions

23
Q

Global App Architecture types (2)

A

Active-Active
Active-Passive

24
Q

Active-Passive Region

A

One region is Active (read-write)
The other region is passive (replication and read only)

25
Q

Active-Active Regions

A

Multiple regions with read and write
Replication

26
Q

What two services does CloudFront use to protect against attacks?

A

WAF & Shield