Amazon Storage Services Flashcards
This it to have mastery of the concepts of Storage Services in AWS (15 cards)
Enumerate the AWS Storage Services
Amazon S3 (object storage)
Amazon EFS (file storage) – synonymous to NAS
Amazon EBS (block level)
Glacier
Storage Gateway
SNOW Family
Database
A software or hardware appliance that you put on your local network that acts as a VPN connection in the Amazon Cloud so that you can access your storage as if it was a local storage
Storage Gateway
Storage that is used on local networks all the the time (iSCSI and Fiber Channel)
Block Storage
AWS can use block storage with EC2 Instances with __
Amazon EBS
As a Solutions Architect, What are the Factors in Selecting the Storage Size?
Capacity (Size), Performance, Cost
In most of the S3 Storage Classes, the object/file is stored distributed across how many Availability Zones (at least)
3 (Except 1A, less expensive)
True or False:
Big Data Analytics can run directly against stored data in Amazon S3
TRUE
What are the ways to get Data into Amazon S3
via API
Amazon DIRECT CONNECT (on-premise to AWS Cloud)
Amazon Storage Gateway
KInesis FireHose (Analytical data)
Transfer Acceleration (Edge locations via CloudFront)
SNOW Family
True or False:
Objects in S3 have Eventual Elasticity
TRUE
True or False:
Objects in EBS are consistent
TRUE
True or False:
Best use Case for Amazon S3 is for STATIC WEBSITE
TRUE
How do you achieve organization with Amazon S3 similar to a folder hierarchy?
By using prefix and delimiters
Features in S3 to prevent it from Accidental deletion
Versioning and Multi-factor Authentication Deletion
Archival Data Storage Solution
Glacier
A company has a production web application in which users upload documents through a web interface or a mobile app. According to a new regulatory requirement, new documents cannot be modified or deleted after they are stored. What should a solutions architect do to meet these requirements?
Store the uploaded documents in Amazon S3 Bucket with S3 Versioning and S3 Object Lock enabled.
