WorksheetsSec. 6: EC2 Instance Storage
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
You have just terminated an EC2 instance in us-east-1a, and its attached EBS volume is now available. Your teammate tries to attach it to an EC2 instance in us-east-1b but he can't. What is a possible cause for this?
He's missing IAM permissions
EBS volumes are locked to an AWS Region
EBS volumes are locked to an Availability Zone
You have launched an EC2 instance with two EBS volumes, the Root volume type and the other EBS volume type to store the data. A month later you are planning to terminate the EC2 instance. What's the default behavior that will happen to each EBS volume?
Both the root volume type and the EBS volume type will be deleted
The Root volume type will be deleted and the EBS volume type will not be deleted
The root volume type will not be deleted and the EBS volume type will be deleted
Both the root volume type and the EBS volume type will not be deleted
You can use an AMI in N.Virginia Region us-east-1 to launch an EC2 instance in any AWS Region.
True
False
Which of the following EBS volume types can be used as boot volumes when you create EC2 instances?
gp2, gp3, io1, io2
gp2, gp3, st1, sc1
io1, io2, st1, sc1
What is EBS Multi-Attach?
Attach the same EBS volume to multiple EC2 instances in multiple AZs
Attach multiple EBS volumes in the same AZ to the same EC2 instance
Attach the same EBS volume to multiple EC2 instances in the same AZ
Attach multiple EBS volumes in multiple AZs to the same EC2 instance
You have provisioned an 8TB gp2 EBS volume and you are running out of IOPS. What is NOT a way to increase performance?
Mount EBS volumes in RAID 0
Change to an io1 volume type
Increase the EBS volume size
You have a fleet of EC2 instances distributes across AZs that process a large data set. What do you recommend to make the same data to be accessible as an NFS drive to all of your EC2 instances?
Use an Instance Store
Use EBS
Use EFS
You would like to have a high-performance local cache for your application hosted on an EC2 instance. You don't mind losing the cache upon the termination of your EC2 instance. Which storage mechanism do you recommend as a Solutions Architect?
Instance Store
EBS
EFS
You are running a high-performance database that requires an IOPS of 310,000 for its underlying storage. What do you recommend?
Use an EC2 Instance Store
Use an EBS gp2 drive
Use an EBS io1 drive
Use an EBS io2 Block Express drive
