Solutions Architect

Question 1

What are the four types of EBS storage

Answer 1

1. General Purpose SSD (gp2)
2. Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1)
3. Throughput Optimized HDD (st1)
4. Cold HDD (sc1)

Question 2

What are the Max IOPS of the General Purpose SSD EBS storage type

Answer 2

10,000

Question 3

IOPS

Answer 3

Input/Output Operations per Second

Question 4

What are the Max IOPS of the Provisional IOPS SSD EBS storage type

Answer 4

32,000 normally and 64,000 no Nitro based instances

Question 5

What are the Max IOPS of the Throughput Optimized HDD EBS storage type

Answer 5

Max IOPS: 500

Question 6

What are the Max IOPS of the Cold HDD EBS storage type

Answer 6

Max IOPS: 250

Question 7

Fault-Tolerant

Answer 7

Ready to have redundant resources ready to take over completely

Question 8

Highly Available

Answer 8

Some degredation is acceptable in order to be highly available

Question 9

S3 Storage Classes

Answer 9

Standard, Standard Infrequent Access, Onezone Infrequent Access, Glacier

Question 10

S3 Standard Storage

Answer 10

Performance sensitive use cases, millisecond access

Question 11

S3 Standard Infrequent Access Storage

Answer 11

Millisecond access, charges retrieval fee so more expensive than standard for frequently accessed data. Can be deployed across multiple availability zones, minimum 30 days storage, 128 KB minimum size fee

Question 12

S3 One Zone Infrequent Access Storage

Answer 12

Millisecond access, charges retrieval fee so more expensive than standard for frequently accessed data. Only deployed in one availability zone, minimun 30 days storage, 128 KB minimum size fee

Question 13

S3 Glacier Storage

Answer 13

Minute access, cheaper, mainly for backups, 90 days minimum storage

Question 14

What is the Max Throughput of the General Purpose SSD EBS storage type

Answer 14

250 MiB/s

Question 15

What is the Max Throughput of the Provisioned IOPS SSD EBS storage type

Answer 15

500 MiB/s normally and 1,000 MiB/s on nitro based instances

Question 16

What is the Max Throughput of the Throughput Optimized HDD EBS storage type

Answer 16

500 MiB/s

Question 17

What is the Max Throughput of the Cold HDD EBS storage type

Answer 17

250 MiB/s

Question 18

What is the minimum day storage for S3 Standard-IA and S3 OneZone-IA

Answer 18

30 days - you will be charged for 30 days even if you only use it for 1 day.

Question 19

What is the minimum day storage for S3 Glacier

Answer 19

90 days - you will be charged for 90 days even if you only use it for 1 day.

Question 20

What is the minimum size fee for S3 Standard-IA and S3 OneZone-IA

Answer 20

128Kb - you will be charged for 128kb per file even if it is smaller.

Question 21

What is the main difference between S3 Standard-IA and S3 OneZone-IA

Answer 21

Standard-IA can be deployed across multiple Availability Zones while OneZone-IA can only be in One Availability Zone.

Question 22

What is the main difference between S3 Standard stoarge and the IA storages

Answer 22

The IA storages charges retrieval fees and also have a minimun days of 30 and minimum size of 128.

Question 23

What service lets the customer leverage existing Chef recipes in AWS?

Answer 23

AWS OpsWorks

Question 24

What is AWS OpsWorks?

Answer 24

Lets the customer leverage existing Chef recipes in AWS.