EC2 - Placement Groups

Question 1

What is a Placement Group?

Answer 1

a logical grouping of instances within a single AZ.

Question 2

Using placement groups…

Answer 2

…enables apps to participate in a low-latency, 10 Gbps network

Question 3

Placement groups are recommended for…

Answer 3

…apps that benefit from low network latency, high network throughput, or both.

Question 4

Can a placement group span multiple AZs?

Answer 4

No, it’s a single point of failure

Question 5

The name you specify for a placement group…

Answer 5

…must be unique within your AWS account.

Question 6

Which instances can be launched in a placement group?

Answer 6

Compute Optimized, GPU, Memory Optimized, Storage Optimized

Question 7

T/F: AWS recommends homogeneous instances w/in placement groups.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Can you merge placement groups?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

Can you move an existing instance into a placement group?

Answer 9

No. Create an AMI from your existing instance, and launch a new instance from the AMI into a placement group