AWS AWS Migration & Hybrid Cloud 2

Question 1

Which AWS service extends AWS infrastructure, services, APIs, and tools to on-premises data centers for a consistent hybrid experience?

Accepted Answer

AWS Outposts

Answer

AWS Outposts delivers fully managed AWS infrastructure and services to on-premises locations, enabling a truly consistent hybrid cloud.

Question 2

Which migration strategy involves dropping an existing on-premises application and replacing it with a cloud-native SaaS alternative?

Accepted Answer

Repurchase

Answer

Repurchasing means abandoning the current application and moving to a SaaS product — for example, replacing an on-premises CRM with Salesforce.

Question 3

Which AWS Snowball device can both compute locally (run EC2 instances and Lambda) and transfer data to S3?

Accepted Answer

AWS Snowball Edge Compute Optimized

Answer

Snowball Edge Compute Optimized provides the most vCPUs and GPU options for local edge compute while also enabling large-scale data transfer.

Question 4

Which AWS service provides on-premises file storage that seamlessly integrates with S3 or FSx via NFS or SMB protocols?

Accepted Answer

AWS Storage Gateway

Answer

AWS Storage Gateway connects on-premises environments to AWS storage services, presenting S3 or FSx as a local NFS, SMB, or iSCSI mount.

Question 5

Which service provides a fully managed VMware Cloud on AWS, allowing you to run VMware workloads on dedicated AWS hardware?

Accepted Answer

VMware Cloud on AWS

Answer

VMware Cloud on AWS is a jointly developed service that runs the VMware software-defined data center (SDDC) on AWS bare metal infrastructure.

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