Storage and Databases Flashcards
What does Amazon EBS stand for?
Amazon Elastic Block Store
What is the abbreviation for Amazon Elastic Block Store?
Amazon EBS
EBS volumes or in other words?
Virtual hard drives
What other words we use for virtual hard drives (EBS) ?
EBS volumes
What are snapshots?
Incremental backups
What is the other word for incremental backups?
A snapshot/s
What provides an instance store?
Temporary block-level storage for an Amazon EC2 instance.An instance store is disk storage that is physically attached to the host computer for an EC2 instance, and therefore has the same lifespan as the instance. When the instance is terminated, you lose any data in the instance store.
What is the name for the temporary block-level storage for an Amazon EC2 instance.An instance store is disk storage that is physically attached to the host computer for an EC2 instance, and therefore has the same lifespan as the instance. When the instance is terminated, you lose any data in the instance store.
Instance store
For what cases does AWS recommend instance stores ?
For temporary data that you do not need in the long term.
Which of the following are characteristics of the Amazon EBS service? (Select TWO.)
Best for data that requires retention
Best for temporary data that is not kept long term
Separate drives from the host computer of an EC2 instance
Physically attached to the host computer of an EC2 instance
Data is deleted when an EC2 instance is stopped
Best for data that requires retention
Separate drives from the host computer of an EC2 instance
What does Amazon S3 stand for?
Amazon Simple Storage Service
What is the abbreviation of Amazon Simple Storage Service?
Amazon S3
What does Amazon S3 allow you?
To store and retrieve an unlimited amount of data
How is data stored in Amazon S3?
Date is stored as object. Amazon S3 stores data in “buckets”
The maximum object that you can upload (Amazon S3)?
5 TB
Can you version objects in Amazon S3?
Yes.
Can you host a static website in Amazon S3?
Yes.
What is Amazon S3 Lifecycle management policy?
Move data automatically between tiers.
Can you set permissions to control visibility and access to files you upload to Amazon S3?
Yes
Why Amazon S3 has storage classes?
So to select a fit for you business and costs needs.
What is Amazon S3 Standard class designed for?
Designed for frequently accessed data
Stores data in a minimum of three Availability Zones
Amazon S3 Standard provides high availability for objects. This makes it a good choice for a wide range of use cases, such as websites, content distribution, and data analytics. Amazon S3 Standard has a higher cost than other storage classes intended for infrequently accessed data and archival storage.
What is Amazon S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-IA) class designed for?
Ideal for infrequently accessed data
Similar to Amazon S3 Standard but has a lower storage price and higher retrieval price
Amazon S3 Standard-IA is ideal for data infrequently accessed but requires high availability when needed. Both Amazon S3 Standard and Amazon S3 Standard-IA store data in a minimum of three Availability Zones. Amazon S3 Standard-IA provides the same level of availability as Amazon S3 Standard but with a lower storage price and a higher retrieval price.
What is Amazon S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access (S3 One Zone-IA) class designed for?
Stores data in a single Availability Zone
Has a lower storage price than Amazon S3 Standard-IA
Compared to S3 Standard and S3 Standard-IA, which store data in a minimum of three Availability Zones, S3 One Zone-IA stores data in a single Availability Zone. This makes it a good storage class to consider if the following conditions apply:
You want to save costs on storage. You can easily reproduce your data in the event of an Availability Zone failure.
What is Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering class designed for?
Ideal for data with unknown or changing access patterns
Requires a small monthly monitoring and automation fee per object
In the S3 Intelligent-Tiering storage class, Amazon S3 monitors objects’ access patterns. If you haven’t accessed an object for 30 consecutive days, Amazon S3 automatically moves it to the infrequent access tier, S3 Standard-IA. If you access an object in the infrequent access tier, Amazon S3 automatically moves it to the frequent access tier, S3 Standard.
What is Amazon S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval class designed for?
Works well for archived data that requires immediate access
Can retrieve objects within a few milliseconds
When you decide between the options for archival storage, consider how quickly you must retrieve the archived objects. You can retrieve objects stored in the S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval storage class within milliseconds, with the same performance as S3 Standard.
What is S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval class designed for?
Low-cost storage designed for data archiving
Able to retrieve objects within a few minutes to hours
S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval is a low-cost storage class that is ideal for data archiving. For example, you might use this storage class to store archived customer records or older photos and video files. You can retrieve your data from S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval from 1 minute to 12 hours.
What is Amazon S3 Deep Archive class designed for?
Lowest-cost object storage class ideal for archiving
Able to retrieve objects within 12 hours
S3 Deep Archive supports long-term retention and digital preservation for data that might be accessed once or twice in a year. This storage class is the lowest-cost storage in the AWS Cloud, with data retrieval from 12 to 48 hours. All objects from this storage class are replicated and stored across at least three geographically dispersed Availability Zones.