AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty 2021 – Hands-On - Kinesis Data Firehose

The video tutorial provides an in-depth overview of AWS Kinesis Data Firehose, explaining its functionality, key destinations, and partner integrations. It covers data transformation and compression capabilities, cost and billing considerations, and compares Firehose with Kinesis Data Streams. The tutorial also delves into buffer sizing and throughput management, highlighting the differences between real-time and near real-time data processing.

What is the primary function of Kinesis Data Firehose?

Explain how Kinesis Data Firehose handles data transformation.

What are the key destinations where Kinesis Data Firehose can send data?

Describe the buffering mechanism used by Kinesis Data Firehose.

How does Kinesis Data Firehose ensure data is not lost during processing?

What is the difference between Kinesis Data Streams and Kinesis Data Firehose?

How does Kinesis Data Firehose handle scaling based on data throughput?