Module 4 - Compute
Unit notes:
“Amazon Machine Images (AMI)”in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
User Guide for Linux Instances https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AMIs.html.
“AWS Acceptable Use Policy” http://aws.amazon.com/aup/.
“Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts” https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/dedicated-hosts/.
“Amazon EC2 Instance Types” https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/.
“Tagging AWS resources” in the AWS General Reference https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws_tagging.html.
“Savings Plans” https://aws.amazon.com/savingsplans/.
“Spot Instances” in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide
for Linux Instances https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-spot-instances.html.
“Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)” in the Amazon Elastic
Compute Cloud User Guide for Linux Instances https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AmazonEBS.html.
“Amazon EBS volume types” https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-volume-types.html.
“Solid state drives (SSD)” in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
User Guide for Linux Instances https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-volume-types.html#solid-state-drives.
“Hard disk drives (HDD)” in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User
Guide for Linux Instances https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-volume-types.html#hard-disk-drives.
“Amazon EC2 Instance Types” https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/.
“Placement groups” in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide
for Linux Instances https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/placement-groups.html.
“Serverless on AWS” https://aws.amazon.com/serverless/.
“Managing Lambda reserved concurrency” in the AWS Lambda Developer
Guide https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-concurrency.html.
For more information about Lambda pricing, see “AWS Lambda
Pricing” https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/pricing/.
“Lambda Function Code” in the AWS Whitepaper: Serverless
Architectures with AWS Lambda https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/serverless-architectures-lambda/lambda-function-code.html.
“Tutorial: Creating and Using Lambda Functions” in the AWS SDK for
JavaScript Developer Guide for SDK v2 https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/lambda-examples.html.
Limits & Quotas
EC2 https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-resource-limits.html
EBS https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/ebs-service.html
Lambda https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/gettingstarted-limits.html
EC2 https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/
Instance Types https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/
Dedicated Hosts https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/dedicated-hosts/
Savings Plans https://aws.amazon.com/savingsplans/
Spot Instances https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-spot-instances.html
Placement Groups - Linux https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/placement-groups.html
Placement Groups - Windows https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/placement-groups.html
Compute Optimizer https://aws.amazon.com/compute-optimizer/
Accessing Instances - Linux https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstances.html
Accessing Instances - Windows https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/connecting_to_windows_instance.html
EC2 Decoder https://danss3demo.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/classnotes/AWSInstanceDecoder.html
AMI https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AMIs.html
Windows https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/AMIs.html
Linux https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/
EBS https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AmazonEBS.html
Volume Types https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-volume-types.html
Multi-Attach https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-volumes-multi.html
EBS vs. EFS performance https://docs.aws.amazon.com/efs/latest/ug/performance.html
EBS vs. FSx/Windows performance https://docs.aws.amazon.com/fsx/latest/WindowsGuide/performance.html
Creating Mount Targets https://docs.aws.amazon.com/efs/latest/ug/API_CreateMountTarget.html
Create/delete Mount Targets https://docs.aws.amazon.com/efs/latest/ug/manage-fs-access-create-delete-mount-targets.html
Serverless on AWS
Lambda https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/
Documentation https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/welcome.html
Managing Lambda reserved concurrence https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-concurrency.html
Pricing https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/pricing/
Examples https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/lambda-examples.html
Tagging https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws_tagging.html
Tag EC2 Resources https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/Using_Tags.html
Tagging Strategies https://d0.awsstatic.com/aws-answers/AWS_Tagging_Strategies.pdf
Instance Tags now available on the Amazon EC2 Instance Metadata
Service https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/01/instance-tags-amazon-ec2-instance-metadata-service/
EC2 Image Builder https://aws.amazon.com/image-builder/
Documentation https://docs.aws.amazon.com/imagebuilder/latest/userguide/what-is-image-builder.html
Mind Maps:
EC2 Evolution https://www.awsgeek.com/AWS-re-Invent-2018/Evolution-of-the-EC2-Host/
EC2 Spot Instances https://www.awsgeek.com/Amazon-EC2-Spot-Instances/
Whitepapers:
Tagging Best Practices https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-tagging-best-practices.pdf
Tips for right-sizing https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/cost-optimization-right-sizing/tips-for-right-sizing-your-workloads.html
Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances and Other AWS Reservation Models https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/cost-optimization-reservation-models/welcome.html?did=wp_card&trk=wp_card
Overview of Amazon EC2 Spot Instances https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/cost-optimization-leveraging-ec2-spot-instances/cost-optimization-leveraging-ec2-spot-instances.html?did=wp_card&trk=wp_card
Blogs:
Choosing the Right EC2 Instance https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/choosing-the-right-ec2-instance-type-for-your-application/
New – Amazon EBS gp3 Volume Lets You Provision Performance Apart
From Capacity https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-ebs-gp3-volume-lets-you-provision-performance-separate-from-capacity-and-offers-20-lower-price/
New EBS Volume Type (io2) – 100x Higher Durability and 10x More
IOPS/GiB https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-ebs-volume-type-io2-more-iops-gib-higher-durability/
Amazon EBS io2 Block Express Volumes with Amazon EC2 R5b Instances
Are Now Generally Available https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-ebs-io2-block-express-volumes-with-amazon-ec2-r5b-instances-are-now-generally-available/
Tutorials:
Get started with Amazon EC2 Linux instances https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EC2_GetStarted.html
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling with EC2 Spot Instances https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/hands-on/ec2-auto-scaling-spot-instances/?trk=gs_card
Videos:
Deep dive on AWS Graviton2 processor-powered EC2 instances https://youtu.be/NLysl0QvqXU
Deep dive on AWS Nitro Enclaves for applications running on Amazon
EC2 https://youtu.be/yDe_C_fpkfg
AMD on AWS: Get even more from your Amazon EC2 instances https://youtu.be/OY1yLlbEmUA
Optimize enterprise workloads with Intel-based Amazon EC2
instances https://youtu.be/OK5i5lOuqqQ
Lessons from the vanguard: Build modern apps using Amazon S3 or
Amazon EBS https://youtu.be/ZUjHIiUWYRE
Cost-optimize your enterprise workloads with Amazon EBS https://youtu.be/NomEgsSb3jc
Powering Amazon EBS: Infrastructure deep dive https://youtu.be/l_2v87_62IU
Trainings:
Storage Learning Plan: Block Storage https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/learning_plan/view/93/storage-learning-plan-block-storage -
6 Courses
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) Primer https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/1644/amazon-elastic-block-store-amazon-ebs-primer
Deep Dive: Architecting with Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon
EBS) https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/9344/deep-dive-architecting-with-amazon-elastic-block-store-amazon-ebs
Deep Dive into Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/144/deep-dive-into-amazon-elastic-file-system-efs
Deep Dive: Managing and Monitoring Amazon Elastic Block Store
(Amazon EBS) https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/10076/deep-dive-managing-and-monitoring-amazon-elastic-block-store-amazon-ebs
Deep Dive: Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) Cost
Optimization https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/10143/deep-dive-amazon-elastic-block-store-amazon-ebs-cost-optimization
Deep Dive: Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) Performance
Optimization https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/10073/deep-dive-amazon-elastic-block-store-amazon-ebs-performance-optimization
Labs:
Introduction to Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) https://amazon.qwiklabs.com/focuses/22483?catalog_rank=%7B%22rank%22%3A20%2C%22num_filters%22%3A0%2C%22has_search%22%3Atrue%7D&parent=catalog&search_id=15162379 -
Free
Qwiklabs - EC2 https://amazon.qwiklabs.com/catalog?keywords=EC2 Note: Some Qwiklabs labs are free, but others do have
costs. You will use a student account, so there won't be any AWS
charges.
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