Other Services Flashcards
1
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Amazon WorkSpaces
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- Desktop as a Service, fully managed VDI
- Users connect to VDI an open native applications
- Windows or Linux
- eliminates on-prem VDI (virtual desktop infra)
- integrates with KMS
- multi-region capable
2
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Amazon AppStream 2.0
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- Desktop application streaming service
- deliver application as stream to any computer within a web browser
- Can configure instance for application type (CPU, RAM<\, GPU)
3
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AWS IoT Core
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- connect IoT devices to AWS cloud
- serverless, secure, and scaleable
- Apps can communicate with devices even when not connected
- Can be pub/sub for these devices
- Integrates with Lambda, S3, etc.
- Build IoT apps that gather, process, analyze, and act on data
4
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AWS AppSync
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- Store and sync data across mobile and web apps in realtime
- Uses GraphQL (from Facebook/Meta)
- Client code generated automatically
- Integrate with DynamoDB and Lambda
- Real time suscriptions
- off line data sync
- Can use AWS amplify
5
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AWS Amplify
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- tools and services to develop and depoy full stack web and mobile applications
- Authentication, storage, API (REST, GraphQL), CI/CD, PubSub, Analytyics, AI/ML etc.
6
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AWS Application Composer
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- Visual design for serverless application dev on AWS
- Deploy AWS infra without being an expert
- Configure how resources interact
- Generates IaaC using CloudFormation
- Import existing CloudFormation/SAM templates to visualize
7
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AWS Device Farm
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- Fully managed service to test web and mobile apps against device farm
- RUn test concurrently on multiple devices
- Configure device setttings (GPS, language, wi-fi, etc.)
8
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AWS Backup
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- fully managed service to manage and automate backups across AWS services
- ON-demand and scheduled backups
- Supports point-in-time recovery PITR
- Retention periods, lifecycle management, backup policies…
- Cross region backup
- Cross account backup using organizations
9
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Disaster recovery Strategies
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- Backup and restore ($)
- no app running
- Pilot light
- run core app functions (just db) ($$)
- warm standby ($$$)
- minimum size, live
- multi-site/hot-site ($$$$)
- full copy of site ready on-demand
10
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AWS Elastic (DRS)
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Elastic disaster recovery (DRS)
- Recover your physical, virtual, and cloud servers to AWS
- Protect databases from ransomware or other attack
- Continuous block level replication of servers
11
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AWS DataSync
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- move lots of data from on-prem to AWS
- Can sync to S3, EFS, FSx for windows
- replication tasks can be regularly scheduled
- replication tasks are incremental after first full load
12
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AWS Application Discovery Service
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- plan migration by gather info about on-prem
- server utilization data and dependency mapping
- Agentless Discovery
- VM inventory, configuration, and performance history
- Agent-based Discovery
- System configuration, performance, processes, network connection, etc.
- Results viewed in AWS migration hub
13
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**AWS Application Migration Service (MGN)
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- Lift and shift
- Convert the physical, virtual, and cloud based servers to run on AWS
- Supports wide range of platforms, OS
- minimal downtime
- reduced cost
14
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AWS Migration Evaluator
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- Build data-driven business case for migration to AWS
- provide a clear baseline of organization’s costs today
- Install agentless collector for discovery
- Snapshot of the on-prem footprint, dependencies
- Analyze current state, define target state, develop migration plan
15
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AWS MIgration Hub
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- central location to collect servers and application inventory data for planning and tracking AWS migrations
- Helps accelerate AWS migrations and lift and shift
- AWS Migration Hub Orchestrator pre-built templates to save time and effort on enterprise apps (SAP, SQL Service, etc)
- supports application migration services, and database migration service
