You're reading from AWS for Solutions Architects The definitive guide to AWS Solutions Architecture for migrating to, building, scaling, and succeeding in the cloud

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803238951

Length 692 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (4):

Neelanjali Srivastav

Saurabh Shrivastava

Alberto Artasanchez

Imtiaz Sayed

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

AWS for Solutions Architects, Second Edition: Design your cloud infrastructure by implementing DevOps, containers, and Amazon Web Services

1 Understanding AWS Principles and Key Characteristics FREE CHAPTER

2 Understanding AWS Well-Architected Framework and Getting Certified

3 Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation

4 Networking in AWS

5 Storage in AWS – Choosing the Right Tool for the Job

6 Harnessing the Power of Cloud Computing

7 Selecting the Right Database Service

8 Best Practices for Application Security, Identity, and Compliance

9 Dive efficiency with Cloud Operation Automation and DevOps in AWS

10 Bigdata and streaming data processing in AWS

11 Datawarehouse, Data Query and Visualization in AWS

12 Machine Learning, IoT, and Blockchain in AWS

13 Containers in AWS

14 Microservice and Event-Driven Architectures

15 Domain-Driven Design

16 Data Lake Patterns – Integrating Your Data across the Enterprise

17 Availability, Reliability, and Scalability Patterns

18 AWS Hands-On Lab and Use Case

Summary

In this chapter, you reviewed some basic but powerful concepts about the cloud and why it is so popular. Mainly the concepts of availability, reliability, and scalability. You also learned about three different types of architecture, each offering different levels of availability. As expected, an architecture that offers higher availability is a more expensive solution that requires more resources.

You also explored the concepts of RPO and RTO, which are helpful ideas for tracking and measuring system availability. Additionally, you analyzed the differences between scaling up and scaling out. And finally, you went over some highly available services in AWS, including Amazon ELBs.

ELBs are especially useful when application traffic is highly variable. They enable you to treat your compute resources like a special computer that can expand and contract depending on demand.

In the next chapter, you will learn some hands-on tricks and tips in AWS.