Overview Flashcards
1
Q
What are the six advantages to cloud computing?
A
Trade capital expense for variable expense Benefit from massive economies of scale Stop guessing capacity Increase speed and agility Reduced maintenance costs Go global in minutes
2
Q
What is a Region and what is it made of?
A
A geographical area containing 2 or more availability zones
3
Q
What is an availability Zone?
A
A location which is separate from other AZ’s in the region where you can launch resources, Az’s can span multiple data centers
4
Q
What are three pricing categories in AWS?
A
Compute, Storage and outbound data transfer
5
Q
What types of payment methods are there on AWS?
A
On-demand, dedicated instances (EC2), Spot instances, Reservations
6
Q
How long is a reserved instance and what are the payment options?
A
1 or 3 years with no or partial upfront cost and monthly charge or pay all upfront
7
Q
What is the AWS acceptable use policy?
A
Document describing the prohibited uses of AWS
