Storage Services

Question 1

S3

Answer 1

Simple Storage Service - designed to store and access any type of data over the internet. Its serverless service (we dont need to be concerned with the file server, OS, hard drive that is behind it) - we just need to create a bucket and add objects to it. Lifecycle rules can be applied so that as data ages out, it can be migrated to a Glacier Vault

Question 2

Glacier

Answer 2

Cheapest storage option on AWS, used for long term archiving of data, also a serverless service > not as easily accessible though

Question 3

EBS

Answer 3

Elastic Block Store - highly available, low latency block storage that is specifically used for attaching to servers launched with EC2 - similar to attaching a hard drive to your compute

Question 4

EFS

Answer 4

• network attached storage, specifically for EC2, allows for multiple servers to access one network

Question 5

Storage Gateway

Answer 5

Enables hybrid storage between on-premise and Cloud environments by providing a low latency performance by caching frequently used data on-premise, and storing the less frequently used data in AWS

Question 6

Virtual Private Cloud

Answer 6

Private environment within AWS, no one else can access without provisions - servers can be launched within this