Pro Tips - Storage

Question 1

What is a good pilot to build an AWS use case?

Answer 1

Archiving and backup to AWS. It’s low risk and an easy way to demonstrate cost savings.

Question 2

If you have a VPC, what should you always make use of?

Answer 2

AWS endpoints. s3 endpoint, for example, prevents calls to a bucket from going out to the internet then back in. Endpoints keep traffic within AWS.

Question 3

Why should you learn how to secure s3?

Answer 3

Many organizations improperly secure s3 buckets by making them publically available on accident, and not encrypting the data.

Question 4

Should you encrypt?

Answer 4

yup.

Question 5

What is Aurora?

Answer 5

AWS’s house brand of database.

Question 6

Which Aurora flavors does AWS offer?

Answer 6

MySQL/Maria or PostgreSQL

Question 7

When should you consider NoSQL database options?

Answer 7

When you don’t need a relational, structured database features.

Question 8

While running DB on EC2 is cheaper than RDS, what else needs to be considered in the cost of that?

Answer 8

Soft costs such as administering the service. Patching, incident management, etc. RDS takes care of all of that.

Question 9

To prevent RDS performance hist during backups, what can you do?

Answer 9

Create a multi-AZ RDS environment.