Deck 1 Flashcards

(38 cards)

1
Q

Default time period that CloudWatch metrics are stored

A

2 weeks

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2
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Metrics monitored on hosts

A

CPU
Network
Disk
Status

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3
Q

How to extent the retention of metrics past 2 weeks

A

GetMetricsStatistics API or with 3rd party tools

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4
Q

How long are terminated EC2 and ELB metrics stored for

A

2 weeks

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5
Q

System status checks versus Instance checks

A

System checks are the physical layer and instance is at the EC2 layer

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6
Q

Systems check information includes what?

A

Loss of network
Power
Hypervisor issues
Hardware issues

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7
Q

How to resolve system issues

A

Stop and start the instance

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8
Q

Instance status checks include what?

A
Failed system checks
Misconfigured networking or startup config 
Exhausted memory
Corrupt File System
Incompatible kernel
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9
Q

Best way to resolve instance issues

A

reboot

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10
Q

How many IO credits do you get on a GP2 volume

A

5,400,000

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11
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How many minutes will it take to use 5,400,00 IO credits at max burst performance of 3000 IOPS on a GP2 volume

A

30 minutes

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12
Q

What is happening to your credit balance when you are not bursting IOPS on a GP2 volume

A

You will earn credits

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13
Q

What is the best way to prewarm a normal (new) EBS volume

A

Write to all blocks

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14
Q

What is the best way to prewar an EBS volume based on a snapshot

A

Read all blocks

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15
Q

For Memcached at what CPU utilization is recommended to autoscale

A

> 90%

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16
Q

Is Reddis or Memcached multithreaded?

A

Yes Memcached is.

17
Q

How to determine when you should scale a Reddis for CPU utilization

A

90% / # of cored

I.E. 90% / 4 = 22.5%

18
Q

What parameter should you increase if Memcached exceeds 50MB of swap usage

A

Memcache_Connections_Overhead parameter

19
Q

What does the Memcache_Connections_Overhead parameter specify?

A

The amount of reserved memory for connections and other misc overhead

20
Q

What is the Reddis parameter for reserving memory

A

Reserved_Memory

21
Q

What can be done to to reduce the amount of evictions for Memcached?

A

Scale up (increase memory) or Scale out (add more instances)

22
Q

How to reduce the amount of evictions on Reddis?

A

Scale out (Adding more replicas)

23
Q

What would a large spike with sustained concurrent connections mean for Memcached and Reddis?

A

Maybe not releasing connections as it should be

24
Q

What region must be used for billing alarms

25
Elasticity on EC2
Instance size
26
Scalability on EC2
Increase of # of instances bases on autoscale
27
Scalability on DynamoDB
Unlimited storage
28
Elasticity on DynamoDB
Increasing IOPS for spikes and then decreasing
29
Scalability on RDS
Increasing instance size from small to medium or similar
30
RDS Elasticity
RDS is not elastic in nature since it cannot scale on demand
31
How many IGWs can there be per VPC
1
32
How to increase network throughput on a instance
Create a larger instance - scale up
33
How to scale networking if instance type is maxed
Add more instances - Scale out
34
How to provide more NAT throughput on a network
Add more instances - Scale out
35
How much of a performance hit will you take by not reading all blocks first (initializing) an EBS volume created from a snapshot?
5-50%
36
EBS Cloudwatch metric that indicates the operations waiting to be completed
Volume Queue Length
37
Volume status check that indicate the EBS volume is stalled; not available (severe)
Impaired
38
Volume status check that indicates that EBS volume is degraded (performance impacting)
Warning