AWS Migration & Hybrid Cloud Flashcards

Which AWS service provides a dedicated, private network connection from your on-premises data center directly to AWS?

Answer: AWS Direct Connect

AWS Direct Connect establishes a dedicated network connection bypassing the public internet, offering consistent latency and throughput.

Which migration strategy involves moving an application to AWS with the fewest possible changes, essentially a lift-and-shift?

Answer: Rehost

Rehosting (lift-and-shift) migrates applications to AWS with no code changes, moving servers as-is to EC2 or using tools like AWS MGN.

Which AWS service migrates relational databases, data warehouses, and NoSQL databases to AWS with minimal downtime using continuous replication?

Answer: AWS Database Migration Service

AWS DMS replicates data continuously from source to target, enabling near-zero downtime cutovers for database migrations.

Which AWS service physically ships appliances to your data center for offline petabyte-scale data transfer to AWS S3?

Answer: AWS Snowball Edge

AWS Snowball Edge devices are ruggedized appliances shipped to customers for local data collection and large-scale transfer to S3, with optional edge compute.

Which AWS service provides automated discovery of on-premises servers, applications, and dependencies to plan a migration?

Answer: AWS Application Discovery Service

AWS Application Discovery Service gathers information about on-premises data centers — server configs, utilization, and dependencies — to inform migration planning.

Which AWS service provides a central place to track the progress of application migrations from multiple AWS and partner tools?

Answer: AWS Migration Hub

AWS Migration Hub provides a single location to track migration status across AWS services like MGN and DMS as well as partner tools.