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RDS Flashcards

1
Q

What are the 2 types of RDS backups? What is the big difference between them?

A
  • Automated Backups
  • Database Snapshots
  • Big difference is whether they are taken automatically vs. manually
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What do RDS Automated Backups allow you to do?

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Automated backups allow you to recover your database to any point in time within a retention period

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How long is the retention period for RDS Automated Backups?

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Amazon RDS retains backups of a DB Instance for a limited, user-specified period of time called the retention period, which by default is 7 days but can be set to up to a max 35 days. You can initiate a point-in-time restore and specify any second during your retention period, up to the Latest Restorable Time.

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What do RDS automated backups store?

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  • A full daily snapshot AND
  • transaction logs throughout the day
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5
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How do RDS Automated Backups do a recovery?

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choose the most recently daily backup, and apply the transaction logs relevant to that day

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How specific can the timing of an RDS Automated Backup recovery be?

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You can do a point in time recovery, down to a second, within the retention period

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Are RDS Automated Backups enabled by default?

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Yes

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Where are RDS Automated Backups stored?

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in S3.

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What is the pricing model for RDS Automated Backup storage?

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Backups are stored in S3, and you get free storage space equal to the size of the DB

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10
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Why might enabling RDS Automated Backups result in a elevated latencies over a brief period of time?

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During the backup window, storage I/O may be suspended while your data is being backed up, so you may get elevated latency.

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After you delete the original RDS instance, are RDS automated backups deleted as well?

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Yes

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After you delete the original RDS instance, are DB snapshots deleted as well?

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No

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13
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After restoring an RDS Automated Backup, is the restored version of the DB on the same DNS as the old DB?

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No

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After restoring an RDS Manual Snapshot, is the restored version of the DB on the same DNS as the old DB?

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No

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15
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For what DB engines is RDS Encryption at Rest supported?

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(All of them)

  • MySQL
  • Oracle
  • SQLServer
  • PostgreSQL
  • MariaDB
  • Aurora
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16
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What does RDS Encryption at Rest use for encryption?

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KMS

17
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Once your RDS instance is encrypted using RDS Encryption at Rest, are automated backups automatically encrypted as well?

A

Yes

18
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Once your RDS instance is encrypted using RDS Encryption at Rest, are read replicas automatically encrypted as well?

A

Yes

19
Q

Once your RDS instance is encrypted using RDS Encryption at Rest, are DB snapshots automatically encrypted as well?

A

Yes

20
Q

Does RDS Multi-AZ boost performance?

A

NO (that’s Read Replicas)

21
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What does RDS Multi-AZ do?

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  • automatic, synchronous replication of your DB in another AZ
  • Automatic failover in case the primary instance goes down
22
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With what RDS DB engines does Multi-AZ work?

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(All except Aurora)

  • SQLServer
  • Oracle
  • MySQLServer
  • PostgreSQL
  • MariaDB
23
Q

Assuming Multi-AZ is turned on, what is a way that you can force a failover for your RDS instance?

A

Reboot your RDS instance

24
Q

What type of replication is involved with RDS Read Replicas?

A

Asynchronous replication

25
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What is the primary difference between a primary instance and its read replica?

A

The read replica is read-only

26
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With what RDS DB engines are Read Replicas compatible?

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(all except SQLServer)

  • MySQLServer
  • PostgreSQL
  • MariaDB
  • Oracle
  • Aurora
27
Q

Do you need to have automatic backups turned on in order to use read replicas?

A

Yes

28
Q

Can you have RDS Read Replicas of RDS Read Replicas?

A

Yes, but watch out for replication latency issues

29
Q

Does an RDS instance and its read replica share a DNS endpoint?

A

No, each read replica has its own DNS endpoint

30
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Can you have Multi-AZ RDS Read Replicas?

A

Yes

31
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Can you have RDS Read Replicas of RDS DBs that are sources for Multi-AZ?

A

Yes

32
Q

Can you turn a read replica into a “normal” database?

A

Yes, but this breaks replication

33
Q

Can you have an RDS Read Replica in a region that is different from the primary instance, assuming you are using Multi-AZ?

A

Yes

34
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Can you have an RDS Read Replica of an RDS instance which is not using multi-AZ?

A

Yes

35
Q

What are the two best ways to improve RDS performance?

A
  • Read Replicas
  • Elasticache

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