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| Category: AI/ML, Definition: enables you to quickly build, train, and deploy machine learning models. |
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| Category: AI/ML, Definition: An autonomous 1/18 scale race car that you can use to test reinforcement learning models. |
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| Category: AI/ML, Definition: A service that enables you to build conversational interfaces using voice and text. |
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| Amazon Augmented AI (A2I) |
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| Category: AI/ML, Definition: Enables you to build the workflows that are required for human review of machine learning predictions, Note: Provides built-in human review workflows for common machine learning use cases, such as content moderation and text extraction from documents. You can also create your own workflows for ML models built on SageMaker or other tools. |
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| Category: AI/ML, Definition: ML Service that automatically extracts text and data from scanned documents |
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| Category: ASW Trusted Advisor Category, Definition: Includes checks for your service limits and overutilized instances, Note: Also helps improve the performance of your services by providing recommendations for how to take advantage of provisioned throughput |
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| Category: ASW Trusted Advisor Category, Definition: includes checks that help you to review your permissions and identify which AWS security features to enable |
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| Category: ASW Trusted Advisor Category, Definition: includes checks for unused or idle resources that could be eliminated and provide cost savings |
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| Category: ASW Trusted Advisor Category, Definition: includes checks to help you improve your applications' availability and redundancy |
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Category: AWS CAF Perspective, Definition: focuses on recovering IT workloads to meet the requirements of your business stakeholders, Note: CAF: Cloud Adoption Framework.
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| Category: AWS CAF Perspective, Definition: Helps you understand how to update the staff skills and organizational processes that are necessary to ensure business governance in the cloud., Note: CAF: Cloud Adoption Framework |
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| Category: AWS CAF Perspective, Definition: Helps you to move from a model that separates business and IT strategies into a business model that integrates IT strategy., Note: CAF: Cloud Adoption Framework |
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| Category: AWS CAF Perspective, Definition: helps HR employees prepare their teams for cloud adoption by updating organizational processes and staff skills to include cloud-based competencies., Note: CAF: Cloud Adoption Framework |
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| Category: Compute Option, Definition: Ideal for workloads with flexible start and end times that can withstand interruptions. Leverage unused EC2 computing capacity and offer you cost savings at up to 90% of on-demand instance prices. |
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| Category: Compute Option, Definition: physical servers with EC2 instance capacity that is fully dedicated to your use. Dedicated hosts are the most expensive. |
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| Category: Compute Option, Definition: billing discount that is applied to the use of on-demand instances in your account. You can purchase standard reserved and convertible reserved instances for a 1-year or 3-year term, and scheduled reserved instances for a 1-year term. Unlike savings plans, reserved instances do not require you to commit to a consistent amount of compute usage over the duration of the contract. |
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| Category: Compute Option, Definition: Reduces costs when you commit to a consistent amount of compute usage for a 1-year or 3-year term. Results in up to 72% savings over on-demand instance costs |
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| Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) |
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| Category: Database Service, Definition: makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. It provides cost-efficient and resizable capacity while automating time-consuming administration tasks such as hardware provisioning, database setup, patching and backups., Note: Uses structured query language (SQL) to store and query data. Not a key-value database. |
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| Category: Database Service, Definition: Document database service that supports MongoDB workloads |
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| Category: Database Service, Definition: key-value database service. Might include pairs such as "Name: John Doe," "Address: 123 Any Street," and "City: Anytown"., Note: In a key-value database, you can add or remove attributes from items in the table at any time. Additionally, not every item in the table has to have the same attributes. |
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| Category: Database Service, Definition: Enterprise-class relational database., Note: Uses structured query language (SQL) to store and query data. Not a key-value database. |
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| Category: Infrastructure, Definition: A fully isolated portion of the AWS global infrastructure. A single data center or a group of data centers within a region., Note: Located tens of miles apart from each other. This helps them to provide interconnectivity to support the services and applications that run within a region. |
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| Category: Infrastructure, Definition: A separate geographical location with multiple locations that are isolated from each other |
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| Category: Infrastructure, Definition: The server from which Amazon CloudFront gets your files. |
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| Category: Infrastructure, Definition: A site that Amazon CloudFront uses to cache copies of content for faster delivery to users at any locations |
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| Category: Infrastructure, Definition: enables you to run infrastructure in a hybrid cloud approach |
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| Category: Migration Strategy, Definition: Replacing an existing application with a cloud-based version, such as software found in AWS Marketplace. |
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| Category: Migration Strategy, Definition: Selectively optimizing aspects of an application to achieve benefits in the cloud without changing the core architecture of the application. AKA "lift, tinker, and shift" |
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| Category: Migration Strategy, Definition: Changing how an application is architected and developed, typically by using cloud native features. |
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| Category: Migration Strategy, Definition: Moving an application to the cloud with little to no modifications to the application itself. AKA "lift and shift" |
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| Category: Migration Strategy, Definition: Remove applications that are no longer needed. Often 10-20% of an enterprise IT portfolio is no longer useful and can be turned off. |
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| Category: Migration Strategy, Definition: Keep applications that are critical for business but that require major refactoring., Note: Referred to as revisit |
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| Category: Responsibility, Definition: Configuring AWS Infrastucture Devices |
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| Category: Responsibility, Definition: Maintaining virtualization infrastructure |
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| Responsibility of Customer |
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| Category: Responsibility, Definition: Creating IAM users and groups, Note: What is IAM? Identity and access management |
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| Responsibility of Customer |
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| Category: Responsibility, Definition: Configuring security groups on Amazon EC2 instances |
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| Responsibility of Customer |
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| Category: Responsibility, Definition: Training company employees on how to use AWS services |
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| Category: Security, Definition: Connection between a VPC and the internet. It allows public traffic from the internet to access a VPC |
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| Category: Security, Definition: Virtual Firewall that controls inbound and outbound traffic for an Amazon EC2 instance. By default, denies all inbound traffic and allows all outbound traffic. Can add custom rules |
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| Network Access Control List |
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| Category: Security, Definition: Virtual Firewall that controls inbound and outbound traffic at the subnet level., Note: ACL |
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| Category: Security, Definition: A section of a VPC in which you can group resources based on security or operational needs |
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| Category: Security, Definition: provides intelligent threat detection for your AWS infrastructure and resources, Note: identifies threats by continually monitoring network activity and account behavior within your AWS environment |
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| Category: Security, Definition: Helps protect your applications against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks |
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| AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF) |
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| Category: Security, Definition: Lets you monitor network requests that come into your web applications |
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| Category: Service, Definition: virtual computer on which users may run their own computer applications |
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| Category: Service, Definition: provision an isolated section of the AWS cloud to launch resources in a virtual network that you define, Note: VPC |
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| Category: Service, Definition: Service that distributes incoming traffic across multiple targets, such as Amazon EC2 instances |
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| Category: Service, Definition: Service that monitors your applications and automatically adds or removes capacity from your resource groups in response to changing deand |
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| Category: Service, Definition: Service that provides data that you can use to monitor your applications, optimize resource utilization, and respond to system-wide performance changes |
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| Category: Service, Definition: Enables you to set up, manage, and scale a distributed in-memory or cache environment in the cloud, Note: Adds caching layers on top of your databases to help improve the read times of common requests |
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| Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) |
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| Category: Service, Definition: To send & receive messages b/w distributed application components. You can send, receive, & store messages b/w software components at any volume size w/o losing messages or requiring other services to be available., Note: In Amazon SQS, an application sends messages into a queue. A user or service retrieves a message from the queue, processes it, and then deletes it from the queue |
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| Category: Service, Definition: A device that enables you to transfer large amounts of data into and out of AWS, Note: How much? |
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| Category: Service, Definition: a DNS web service. Gives developers and businesses a reliable way to route end users to internet applications that are hosted in AWS. , Note: you can transfer DNS records for existing domain names that are currently managed by other domain registrars or reister new domain names directly in ____. |
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| Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) |
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| Category: Service, Definition: Used to run containerized applications in AWS. Fully managed service that you can use to run Kubernetes on AWS. Kubernetes is an open-source software that enables you to deploy and manage containerized applications at scale., Note: Containers provide you with a standard way to package your applications code and dependencies into a single object. Containers are frequently used for processes and workflows in which there are essential requirements for security, reliability, and scalability. |
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| Category: Service, Definition: Data warehousing service that you can use for big data analytics. It offers the ability to collect data from many sources and help you to understand relationships and trends across your data. |
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| Category: Service, Definition: enables you to establish a dedicated private connection b/w your data center and virtual private cloud (VPC), Note: This private connection helps you reduce network costs and increase the amount of bandwidth that can travel through your network. |
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| Category: Service, Definition: content delivery service. Uses a network of edge locations to cache content and deliver content to customers all over the world. When content is cached, it is stored locally as a copy. ie video files, photos, webpages etc, Note: Deliver content to customers through a global network of edge locations. |
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| Category: Service, Definition: enables you to establish a virtual private network (VPN) connection between your VPC and a private network, such as an on-premises data center or internal corporate network. , Note: A virtual private gateway allows traffic into the VPC only if it is coming from an approved network. |
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| Category: Service, Definition: enables you to consolidate and manage multiple AWS accounts from a central location. You can centrally control permissions for the accounts in your organization by using service control policies (SCPs), Note: You can use the consolidated billing feature in ____ to combine usage and receive a single bill for multiple AWS accounts |
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| AWS Key Management Service (KMS) |
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| Category: Service, Definition: enables you to create, manage, and use cryptographic keys. |
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| AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) |
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| Category: Service, Definition: enables you to manage access to AWS services and resources. |
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| Category: Service, Definition: enables you to access AWS security and compliance reports and special online agreements |
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| Category: Service, Definition: Used to transfer up to 100 PB of data to AWS. A 45-ft long shipping container that is pulled by a semi-trailer truck. |
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| Category: Service, Definition: A graph database service. You can use Amazon Neptune to build and run applications that work with highly connected datasets, such as recommended engines, fraud detection, and knowledge graphs. |
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| Category: Service, Definition: Enables you to review details for user activities and API calls that have occurred within your AWS environment. You can view a complete history of user activity and API calls for your applications and resources., Note: Events are typically updated in 15 minutes after an API call is made. You can filter events by specifying the time and date that an API call occurred, the user who requested the action, the type of resource that was involved in the API call, and more. |
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| Category: Service, Definition: an online tool that inspects your AWS environment and provides real-time guidance in accordance with AWS best practices |
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| Category: Service, Definition: A service that checks applications for security vulnerabilities and deviations from security best practices |
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| Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) |
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| Category: Service, Definition: Provides object-level storage. Stores data as objects within buckets. |
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| Category: Service, Definition: a service that lets you run code for virtually any type of application or backend service without provisioning or managing servers and zero administration, Note: You pay only for compute time while your code is running |
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| Category: Service, Definition: Tool which enables you to visalize, understand, and manage your AWS costs and usage over time?, Note: With ________, you can quickly create custom reports to analyze your AWS cost and usage data. |
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| Category: Service, Definition: Lets you set custom alerts that will notify you when your service usage exceeds (or is forecasted to exceed) the amount that you have budgeted |
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| Category: Service, Definition: Lets you explore AWS services and create an estimate for the cost of your use cases on AWS. , Note: In the ________, you can enter details for your cloud computing requirements and then receive a detailed estimate that can be exported and shared. |
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| Category: Service, Definition: used to quickly deploy and scale applications in AWS, Note: automatically handles deployment details of capacity provisioning, load balancing, auto-scaling, and application health monitoring. |
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| Category: Service, Definition: Automate the deployment of workloads into your AWS environment |
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| Category: Service, Definition: Provision resources by using programming languages or a text file |
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| Category: Service, Definition: A digital catalog that includes thousands of software listings from independent software vendors, Note: You can use ____ to find, test, and buy software that runs on AWS. |
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| Category: Service, Definition: A resource that can answer questions about best practices and assist with troubleshooting issues |
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| Technical Account Manager (TAM) |
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| Category: Service, Definition: A resource that provides guidance, architectural reviews, and ongoing communication with your company as you plan, deploy, and optimize your applications |
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| AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) |
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| Category: Service, Definition: Tool used to automate actions for multiple AWS services and applications through scripts. Available for users on Windows, macOS, and Linux., Note: ie use commands to start an Amazon EC2 instance, connect an Amazon EC2 instance to a specific Auto Scaling group, etc. |
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| Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB) |
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| Category: Service, Definition: a ledger database service. Can use ____ to review a complete history of all the changes that have been made to your application data. |
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| Category: Storage Resource, Definition: Attached resource to store data temporarily. Will not be kept long-term. |
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| Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Volume |
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| Category: Storage Resource, Definition: Ideal for data that needs to be retained. When an Amazon EC2 instance is stopped or terminated, all of the data on the attached EBS volume is still available., Note: You want to store data in a volume that is attached to an Amazon EC2 instance. Which service should you use? |
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| Category: Storage Resource, Definition: Cloud object storage. Automatically creates and stores copies of all S3 objects across multiple systems., Note: cannot be attached to EC2 instances. 99.99999999999% durable. 11 9's |
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| Category: Storage Resource, Definition: Ideal for infrequently accessed data that does not require high availability |
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| Category: Storage Resource, Definition: Low-cost storage class that is ideal for data archiving. You can retrieve objects stored in the ____ storage class w/in a few minutes to a few hours. |
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| Category: Storage Resource, Definition: Storage class best used to monitor your objects' access patterns., Note: no access for 30 days -> Amazon S3 moves to S3 Standard-IA. |
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| Category: Storage Resource, Definition: Ideal for data that is infrequently accessed but requires high availability when needed. Both S3 Standard and _____ store data store data in a minimum of 3 availability zones. ____ provides the same level of availability as S3 Standard but at a lower storage price., Note: If you access an object in ___, Amazon S3 automatically moves it to the frequent access tier, S3 Standard |
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| Category: Storage Resource, Definition: Both ____ and S3 Standard-IA store data store data in a minimum of 3 availability zones. S3 Standard-IA provides the same level of availability as ____ but at a lower storage price., Note: If you access an object in S3 Standard-IA, Amazon S3 automatically moves it to the frequent access tier, ____. |
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| Category: Storage Resource, Definition: designed to provide durable and secure long-term storage for large amounts of data at a competitive price. |
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| Category: Support Plans, Definition: recommended if you are experimenting or testing in AWS, Note: includes access to limited AWS Trusted Advisor checks |
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| Category: Support Plans, Definition: Not a support plan. It is a program that consists of 3 types of offers that allow customers to use AWS services without incurring costs:, Note: 3 types: Always free, 12 months free, and Trials |
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| Category: Support Plans, Definition: Recommended if you have business and/or mission critical workloads in AWS., Note: includes access to all AWS Trusted Advisor checks |
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| Category: Support Plans, Definition: Recommended if you have production workloads in AWS, Note: includes access to all AWS Trusted Advisor checks |
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| Category: Support Plans, Definition: All AWS customers. Access to resource center, service health dashboard, product FAQs, Discussion forums, and support for health checks at no additional charge., Note: includes access to limited AWS Trusted Advisor checks |
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| Category: wellarchitected framework, Definition: includes the ability to run workloads effectively, gain insights into their operations, and continuously improve supporting processes to deliver business value. |
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| Category: wellarchitected framework, Definition: Focuses on using computing resources efficiently to meet system requirements, and to maintain that efficiency as demand changes and technologies evolve. |
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| Category: wellarchitected framework, Definition: Focuses on the ability of a workload to consistently and correctly perform its intended functions. |
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| Category: wellarchitected framework, Definition: focuses on protecting data, systems, and assets. It also focuses on using cloud technologies to improve the security of your workloads. |
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