Module 10 - The Cloud Journey

Question 1

Explain the AWS Well-Architected Framework. (five pillars)

Answer 1

A framework that helps you understand how to design and operate reliable, secure, efficient, and cost-effective systems in the AWS cloud. Allows you to measure your architecture against best practices and find areas of improvement. -> Consists of five pillars:
1. Operational excellence
- the ability to run and monitor systems to deliver business value and to continually improve supporting processes and procedures
2. Security
- the ability to protect information, systems, and assets while delivering business value through risk assessments and mitigation strategies
3. Reliability
- ability to 1) recover from infrastructure or service disruptions, 2) dynamically acquire computing resources to meet demand, 3) mitigate disruptions (e.g., misconfigurations or transient network issues)
4. Performance efficiency
- the ability to use computing resources efficiently to meet system requirements and to maintain that efficiency as demand changes and technologies evolve
5. Cost optimisation
- the ability to run systems to deliver business value at the lowest price point

Question 2

What are the six main advantages of Cloud Computing?

Answer 2

1. Trade upfront expense for variable expense
2. Benefit from massive economies of scale
3. Stop guessing capacity
4. Increase speed and agility
5. Stop spending money running and maintaining data centers
6. Go global in minutes