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AWS
Terms to Know
Elasticity The ability to acquire resources as you need them and release resources when you no longer need them.
Scale Up vs. Scale Down
Scale-Out vs. Scale In
Latency
Typically latency is a measurement of a round-trip between two systems, such as how long it takes data to make its way between two.
Root User
Owner of the AWS account.
IAM
Identity Access Management
ARN
Amazon Resource Name
For example
arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/Development/product_1234/*
Policy
Rules
AWS Popular Services
Amazon EC2
Allows you to deploy virtual servers within your AWS environment.
Amazon S3
A fully managed, object-based storage service that is highly available, highly durable, cost-effective, and widely accessible.
AWS IAM (Identify and Access Mgt)
Used to manage permissions to your AWS resources
AWS Management Services
Amazon CloudWatch
A comprehensive monitoring tool allows you to monitor your services and applications in the cloud.
Billing & Budgeting
Helps control the cost.