Monitoring and Metrics Flashcards
Largest EBS size
16TiB
How many instances can an EBS volume be mounted to at any time?
1
What format does EBS use?
Raw, unformatted. Must be managed by OS
True or false: UBS supports RAID
True, as long as the OS supports RAID
True or False: EBS volume and the instance must be in the same availability zone?
True.
By default, what happens to the EBS volume when the instance is terminated?
The volume will persist.
By default, what happens to root volumes when the instance is deleted?
The root volume is deleted. Modify the DeleteOnTermination to change this.
In order to ensure root volumes are not deleted when the instance is deleted, what must be done?
uncheck, or unflag the DeleteOnTermination option
Where are EBS snapshots stored?
S3
True or false: Snapshots are an exact copy of the EBS volume?
True: If the volume is encrypted, the snapshot and the restore will be encrypted.
True or false: Each snapshot is a full copy of the EBS volume?
False: Snapshots are incremental. Only the changes since the last snapshot will be copied.
True or false: Multiple EBS volumes can be mounted to a single instance?
True: While any one volume can only be attached to one instance at a time, multiple volumes can be attached to an instance.
SSD - IOPS standard size
256kb I/O size
SSD - One 1024kb operation will equal how many IOPS?
4
SSD - Four 64kb sequential operations will equal how many IOPS?
1
SSD - Four 64kb random operations will equal how many IOPS?
- Random operations cannot be grouped together and will each be counted as an IOPS.
What is a burst bucket?
Allows an EBS volume to “burst” above its basic performance.
How are bursts allocated?
Through burst credits
How are burst credits earned?
Volumes earn burst credits over time and depend on volume type
True or false: Volumes can earn unlimited credits?
False: They are limited.
Under what metric is the burst credits reported in CloudWatch?
BurstBalance metric
What is the minimum gp2 SSD volume size?
1GiB