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What is the main issue Rob is facing with his online shopping portal?
What is the main issue Rob is facing with his online shopping portal?
- Not enough security features
- Lack of variety in products offered
- High traffic on non-holiday days
- High traffic on Black Friday and other holidays (correct)
What was the initial purpose of Amazon Web Services (AWS)?
What was the initial purpose of Amazon Web Services (AWS)?
- To offer a wide range of storage services
- To provide cloud services to businesses
- To offer a pay-as-you-go pricing model
- To provide tools and services to developers (correct)
How does Amazon Web Services (AWS) operate?
How does Amazon Web Services (AWS) operate?
- On a hybrid pricing model
- On a pay-as-you-go pricing model (correct)
- On a fixed pricing model
- On a subscription-based pricing model
What percentage of the global market uses AWS?
What percentage of the global market uses AWS?
What is an advantage of using AWS?
What is an advantage of using AWS?
What is the name of one of the compute services offered by AWS?
What is the name of one of the compute services offered by AWS?
What was the reason for Rob seeking a solution for his online shopping portal?
What was the reason for Rob seeking a solution for his online shopping portal?
What is the benefit of AWS's pay-as-you-go pricing model?
What is the benefit of AWS's pay-as-you-go pricing model?
What is the primary goal of AWS's compute services?
What is the primary goal of AWS's compute services?
What is the significance of 2006 in the history of AWS?
What is the significance of 2006 in the history of AWS?
What is the primary benefit of using AWS's storage services?
What is the primary benefit of using AWS's storage services?
What is the significance of $10 billion in the history of AWS?
What is the significance of $10 billion in the history of AWS?
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Study Notes
- Rob runs an online shopping portal that has seen a surge in visitors on Black Friday and other holidays, causing the servers to crash due to high traffic.
- Rob seeks a solution to improve performance without investing in a new server, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) is presented as a possible solution.
- AWS was first introduced in 2002 as a means to provide tools and services to developers, and its first cloud services offering was introduced in 2006.
- In 2016, AWS surpassed its $10 billion revenue target, and now offers more than 100 cloud services across various domains.
- AWS is used by more than 45% of the global market, and is a secure cloud computing platform that provides computing power, database, networking, content storage, and more.
- AWS operates on a pay-as-you-go pricing model, where users only pay for the services they use.
- AWS provides security, flexibility, and scalability, with advantages including end-to-end privacy and security, infrastructure management, and easy-to-use services.
- AWS offers a wide range of services, including compute services, storage services, database services, and networking services.
- Compute services include EC2, AWS Lambda, Amazon Light Cell, and Elastic Beanstalk, which can support app development from start to finish.
- Storage services include Amazon S3, EBS, S3 Glacier, and Elastic File Storage, which enable storing, accessing, governing, and analyzing data.
- Database services include Amazon RDS, DynamoDB, and Redshift, which enable storing and optimizing user data.
- Networking services include Amazon VPC, Amazon Route 53, and Elastic Load Balancing, which enable separating cloud infrastructure and scaling up work requests.
- AWS provides services in various domains, including analytics, blockchain, containers, machine learning, internet of things, and more.
- Several companies, including Netflix, Twitch, LinkedIn, Facebook, and BBC, have found success with AWS, improving their business efficiency.
- AWS professionals are in high demand, highly paid, and can earn up to $127,000 per annum.
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