Performance Metrics

Question 1

File Size Limit of an S3 Put Operation

Answer 1

5Gb

Question 2

IP Address of the EC2 Meta Data

Answer 2

169.254.169.254

Question 3

IOPs/GB for a General Purpose SSD EBS (GP2

Answer 3

3 IOPs/GB (e.g. 1k IOPS requires 334Gb)

Question 4

IOPS and Throughput for General Purpose SSD (GP2/GP3)

Answer 4

IOPS: 16,000 (3IOPS/GB)
Throughput: 250MB/s (GP2) 1,000MB/s (GP3)

Question 5

IOPS and Throughput for Provisions IOPS SSD (IO1/IO2)

Answer 5

IOPS: 64,000
Throughput: 1,000MB/s

Question 6

IOPS and Throughput for IO2 Block Express

Answer 6

IOPS: 256,000
Throughput: 4,000 MB/s

Question 7

S3 Glacier Retrieval Times

Answer 7

S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval - Milliseconds
S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval - 1-5 Minutes (expedited) 5-12 Hours (standard)
S3 Glacier Deep Archive - 12 Hours

Question 8

S3 Glacier Deep Archive Minimum Storage Time

Answer 8

180 Days (charged for the full thing if you cancel early)

Question 9

S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval Minimum Storage Time

Answer 9

90 Days (charged for the full thing if you cancel early)

Question 10

RTO for Different Disaster Recovery Plans

Answer 10

Backup and Restore - 24 hours or less
Pilot Light - 10’s of minutes (think 30 minutes to an hour)
Warm Standby - Minutes (think 1-10 minutes)
Multi-region Active - Virtually Zero

Question 11

SQS FIFO Max Throughput

Answer 11

300 Messages/Second.
up to 3000 Messages/Second with batching.