Kinesis Data Streams

Question 1

When do you use Kinesis Data Streams enhanced fan-out?

Answer 1

You should use enhanced fan-out if you have, or expect to have, multiple consumers retrieving data from a stream in parallel.

Question 2

What are Kinesis Data Streams features?

Answer 2

• real-time data stream
• gigabytes per second of data
• automatic provisioning and scaling with the on-demand mode
• starting as low as $0.015 per hour.

Question 3

What are Kinesis Data Streams use cases?

Answer 3

• Stream log and event data: Ingest and collect terabytes of data per day from application and service logs, clickstream data, sensor data, and in-app user events to power live dashboards, generate metrics, and deliver data into data lakes.
• Run real-time analytics: Build applications for high-frequency event data such as clickstream data, and gain access to insights in seconds, not days, using AWS Lambda or Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics.
• Power event-driven applications: Quickly pair with AWS Lambda to respond to or adjust immediate occurrences within the event-driven applications in your environment, at any scale