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AWS Storage Solutions Flashcards

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  1. Which feature speeds up uploads to S3 by routing traffic through CloudFront edge locations?

    Answer: S3 Transfer Acceleration

    Transfer Acceleration uses CloudFront edge locations to speed long-distance uploads and downloads.

  2. What is the maximum size of a single object that can be stored in Amazon S3?

    Answer: 5 TB

    A single S3 object can be up to 5 TB, with multipart upload required above 5 GB.

  3. Which storage option keeps data in a single Availability Zone to reduce cost but with lower resilience?

    Answer: S3 One Zone-IA

    S3 One Zone-IA stores data in one AZ, lowering cost at the expense of AZ-failure resilience.

  4. What does an EBS snapshot store data in behind the scenes?

    Answer: Amazon S3

    EBS snapshots are stored incrementally in Amazon S3, though managed through the EBS service.

  5. Which AWS service is designed for hybrid storage, connecting on-premises environments to AWS cloud storage?

    Answer: AWS Storage Gateway

    AWS Storage Gateway bridges on-premises applications with AWS cloud storage.

  6. What happens to data on an EC2 instance store volume when the instance is stopped?

    Answer: It is lost

    Instance store is ephemeral, so its data is lost when the instance stops or terminates.

  7. Which feature prevents S3 objects from being deleted or overwritten for a fixed period to meet compliance needs?

    Answer: S3 Object Lock

    S3 Object Lock enforces WORM protection, preventing deletion or change for a defined retention period.