Module 1 Flashcards
What is cloud computing?
on-demand delivery of compute power, database, storage, applications, and other IT resources via the internet with pay as you go pricing.
What are the 3 cloud service models?
IaaS (infrastructure)
PaaS (platform)
SaaS (software)
6 benefits of cloud computing
1) capital expense -> variable expense
2) economies of scale
3) no capacity guessing
4) speed & agility
5) no money on running & maintaining data centers
6) go global in minutes
How many categories in total dies aws offer?
23
What are most important service categories of Aws?
- Compute Services
- Security, identity, and compliance services
- storage services
- database services
- networking and content delivery services
- management and governance services
- aws cost management services
3 ways to access aws ecosystem
- AWS management console
- command line interface (CLI)
- software development kits (sdk)
What document do you need to help organizations moving to the cloud?
AWS Cloud Adoption Framework
What are the drivers of pricing?
Compute
Storage
Data transfer
What services are free?
- VPC
- elastic beanstalk
- auto scaling
- cloud formation
- IAM
How can you save money?
- pay for what you use, no upfront costs
- pay less when you reserve
- pay less when you use more & aws grows
- custom pricing
- free tier
- some free services