Define the Following Terms of AWS Cloud Practitioner Flashcards

OverviewAWS (Amazon Web Service) Certifications are one of the most highly sought after certification in the IT industry. With over $26.7 billion in annual revenue, AWS has shown promising relevance to customers in both the public and private sectors. This flashcard set geared to preparing candidates to take and pass the 'AWS Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01) Exam'.Get Lifetime Access & Updates to these Flashcards. The 'AWS Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01) Exam' is aimed at assessing a candidate's general IT knowledge, general Business Knowledge, and understanding of AWS core services. UsefulnessThe average passing score of students who use this flashcard set has reported scoring 90% or above. 

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Describe AWS Cloud Economics
  • Agility and Scability: Allows IT resources to be increased quickly to support additional requirements within minutes.
  • Cost: Decreases costs related to capacity underuse, lack of capacity, hardware maintenance and the ability to pay only for the resources you use.
What are the Three Main Cloud Deployment Models?
  • Cloud - Fully deploying the application in the cloud.
  • Hybrid - Connecting cloud-based resources and non cloud-based (i.e. local) resources to support an application or infrastructure.
  • On-Premises- The deployment of resources on-premises, using virtualization and resource management tools, is sometimes called the 'private cloud.'
Describe the three main Types of Cloud Computing.
  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) contains the basic building blocks for cloud IT infrastructure (i.e. networking features, computers & data storage space). OS and apps are provided by the customer.
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS) removes the need for your organization to manage the underlying infrastructure (usually hardware and operating systems). The customer only provides the applications.
  • Software as a Service (SaaS) provides you with a completed product (i.e. Microsoft SQL Server Software). The cloud customer only needs to use the software for his/her purpose(s).
Q: Which cloud deployment model would you recommend for a new company looking to establish a help desk?
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offers the most flexibility and management control over IT resources. It is most similar to existing IT resources that many IT departments and developers are familiar with today.
How much durability and availability (represented by percentage) does Standard Storage provide?
Designed to provide 99.999999999 percent durability and 99.99 percent availability.
Amazon Glacier
A secure, durable, and extremely low-cost cloud storage service for data archiving and long-term backup.
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
Provides block level network-attached storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances. It includes both SSD-backed & HDD backed volumes.
AWS Architecture Center
Provides you with the necessary guidance and best practices to build highly scalable and reliable applications in the AWS Cloud.
AWS Simple Monthly Calculator
Helps you estimate your monthly bill.
Cloud Economics Center
Provides access to information, tools, and resources to compare the costs of Amazon Web Services with IT infrastructure alternatives (competitiors).
CloudFront
A global content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers (or "fronts") data, videos, applications, and APIs to your viewers with low latency and high transfer speed. It uses Edge Locations to achieve this.
Snowball
A PB-scale data transport solution in the form of an appliance. Charges for this service in per job and shipping costs.
Lambda
Lets you run your code without provisioning or managing servers.
What AWS products/services are included with 'AWS Free Tier'?
  • Amazon RDS
  • Amazon EC2
  • Amazon CloudFront
  • Amazon S3
AWS Trusted Advisor
An online resource to help you reduce cost, increase performance and improve security by optimizing your AWS environment.