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Migration Flashcards

1
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Service used to replicate large amounts of data from on-premise to AWS

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AWS DataSync

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Compatible systems with AWS DataSync

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NFS and SMB

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Units of time that AWS DataSync can replicate data

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Hourly, Daily, or Weekly

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How to use AWS DataSync

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Install DataSync agent to start replication (typically on premise) or can be used to replicate EFS to EFS by installing on EC2 agent.

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Sources that AWS DataSync can replicate to?

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on-premise

EFS to EFS (install on EC2 agent)

S3, EFS, FSx for Windows ect.

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AWS Service for big disk transfers of data into and out of AWS up to 80TB.

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Snowball edge

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What range of size Snowball edge come in?

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48TB
81TB

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How does AWS Snowball edge protect your data?

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Tamper-resistant enclosure
256 encryption
TPM
Completely wipe data

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Common uses for AWS Snowball edge?

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Import data to S3
Export data from S3

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10
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AWS Service used to store and perform large computations of up to 100TB on prem?

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Snowball Edge

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AWS Service used to store and perform large computations of up to 8TB on prem?

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Snowcone

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12
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AWS Service used to transfer HUGE amounts of data up to 100PB

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Snowmobile

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What is AWS Storage Gateway used for?

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Connect on-premise software appliance with cloud-based storage

Virtual or physical device send stuff to AWS

Can download as VM and install in datacenter

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What are the 3 types of Storage Gateways?

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File Gateway
Volume Gateway
Tape Gateway

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Describe Storage Gateway’s File Gateway

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NFS & SMB
For Flat files

Store stuff in S3 access through NFS mount point connects via Direct Connect, VPC, or internet and then connect to S3.

Can act as a file system mount on S3

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Describe Storage Gateway’s Volume Gateway (iSCSI)

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STORED VOLUMES -
Store locally, durable off site backups
Entire dataset
Snapshot of Volume set to S3

CACHED VOLUMES-
Cache frequently used data stored on site
Entire dataset sent to s3

VITUAL HARD DISK - async backup of volumes stored in cloud as EBS snapshots

17
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Describe Storage Gateway’s Tape Gateway

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Virtual Tape Library
Way of getting rid of tapes (virtual tape cartridges)

18
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AWS Service that is an interactive query service which enables you to analyse and query data located in S3 using standard SQL.

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Athena

19
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Uses for AWS Athena

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Used to query log files in S3 (common topic)

Generate business reports on data stored in S3

Analyse AWS cost and usage reports

Run queries on click-stream data

20
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Data types AWS Athena Allows

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JSON
Apache ORC
Apache Parquet

21
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TRUE or FALSE: AWS Athena is Serverless

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TRUE

22
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What do you pay for In Athena?

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Pay per query / per TB scanned

23
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Difference between S3 Select and Athena?

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Athena is more powerful than S3 Select and therefore costs $$

24
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AWS ML Service for analyzing S3 for PII

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Macie

25
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AWS Orchestration Service for running multi node parallel jobs that span multiple EC2 instances

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AWS Batch

26
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AWS Orchestration Service to Easily deploy and manage HPC clusters and automate creation

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AWS ParallelCluster

27
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What model does AWS Parallel Cluster use to provision the reosources you need

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text file model

28
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How to use GraphQL in AWS

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AWS AppSync

29
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What is GraphQL

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Used for fetching app data, declarative coding, front-end data app fetching

30
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Service to use when you have an older app using lecacy transfer protocols that can’t be changed but want to start storing files in S3

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AWS Transfer Family

31
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GUI service that integrates with SMS and DMS migration services to help schedule and track migrations

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AWS Migration Hub

32
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2 Discovery types offered by AWS Discovery Service

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Agentless - use OVA file via vCenter to help identify hosts and collect IP, memory, and hostname to help simplify migration

Agent Based - AWS Application Discover Agent installed on each service (for Windows and Linux) & collects a bit more data than agentless

33
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Service that provides automated lift and shift into AWS through replication & move into AWS

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AWS MGN (Application Migration Service)

34
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What can you use SCT (Schema Conversion Tool) on

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RDS
Aurora
Redshift
EC2
S3

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