Category Archives: Technology

Size of the files on S3? From 0 Bytes to 5 TB What is the data consistency model for S3? Read after Write consistency for PUTS of new Objects Eventual Consistency for overwrite PUTS and DELETES (can take some time to propagate) S3 is object based. What do objects consist […]

What is IAM? Essentially, IAM allows you to manage users and their level of access to the AWS Console. Entities of IAM? Users – End Users (think people) Groups – A collection of Users under one set of permissions Roles – You create roles and can then be assign them […]

What is AWS EC2? EC2 stands for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud. It is a web service that provides secure, resizable =compute capacity= in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers. What is a region? A Region is a physical location in the world where we […]

What is AWS CloudFront? CloudFront is a global content delivery network (CDN) service that accelerates delivery of your websites, APIs, video content, or other web assets. Amazon CloudFront can be used to deliver your entire website, including dynamic, static, streaming, and interactive content using a global network of edge locations. […]

What is S3 and what does it mean? S3 stands for Simple Storage Service. S3 is on object storage with a simple web interface to store and retrieve any amount of data from anywhere on the web. What are some use cases where you can use S3? Typical use-cases for Amazon […]

What are the advantages of Cloud Computing? Trade capital expense for variable expense Stop guessing about capacity Increase speed and agility Stop spending money running and maintaining data centers Go global in minutes What are the types of cloud computing? Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Platform as a Service (PaaS) […]