Six Advantages of Cloud Computing
AWS Cloud Practitioner study notes covering the six advantages of cloud computing, from variable costs and elasticity to global deployment.
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AWS Cloud Practitioner Study Notes · Part 3
Cloud Computing Models and Deployment Strategies
AWS Cloud Practitioner study notes comparing IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, public cloud, hybrid, on-premises, and multi-cloud deployments.
AWS Cloud Practitioner Study Notes · Part 4
AWS Global Infrastructure: Regions, Zones, and Edge Locations
AWS Cloud Practitioner study notes on Regions, Availability Zones, CloudFront edge locations, Local Zones, Wavelength Zones, and Direct Connect.
AWS Cloud Practitioner Study Notes · Part 5
Six Benefits of AWS Global Infrastructure
AWS Cloud Practitioner study notes on high availability, fault tolerance, low latency, global reach, disaster recovery, and data residency.
AWS Cloud Practitioner Study Notes · Part 6
AWS Shared Responsibility Model: What AWS and Customers Secure
AWS Cloud Practitioner study notes explaining security of the cloud, security in the cloud, and how responsibility changes across EC2, RDS, S3, and Lambda.
AWS Cloud Practitioner Study Notes · Part 7
AWS Well-Architected Framework: The Six Pillars
AWS Cloud Practitioner study notes covering the six Well-Architected pillars, their goals, key AWS services, and common exam clues.
AWS Cloud Practitioner Study Notes · Part 8
AWS Well-Architected Tool: Review Workloads and Track Risks
AWS Cloud Practitioner study notes on using the Well-Architected Tool to review workloads, identify risks, generate reports, and track improvements.
AWS Cloud Practitioner Study Notes · Part 1
Choosing an AWS Pricing Model by Workload Behaviour
AWS Cloud Practitioner study notes on On-Demand, Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, Spot, Dedicated Hosts, and Capacity Reservations.
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