AWS Migration and Support Plans Flashcards

Which AWS physical device is used to transfer large amounts of data (petabyte-scale) to AWS when network transfer is impractical?

Answer: AWS Snowball Edge

AWS Snowball Edge is a rugged physical appliance you load with data on-premises and ship to AWS, enabling petabyte-scale transfers without using the internet.

Which AWS Support plan provides the fastest response time for a business-critical system outage?

Answer: Enterprise (15-minute)

AWS Enterprise Support provides a 15-minute response SLA for business-critical system outages, the fastest of all support tiers.

Which AWS service allows you to track and visualize the migration status of servers and databases across multiple migration projects?

Answer: AWS Migration Hub

AWS Migration Hub provides a single location to track the progress of application migrations across multiple AWS and partner migration tools.

What is the primary difference between AWS Developer Support and AWS Business Support?

Answer: Business includes 24/7 phone and chat support; Developer is email-only during business hours

AWS Developer Support provides email support during business hours, while Business Support adds 24/7 phone, chat, and faster response SLAs.

Which migration strategy involves optimizing an application slightly during migration, such as moving to a managed database service?

Answer: Replatform

Replatforming ('lift, tinker, and shift') makes minor optimizations like moving from a self-managed database to Amazon RDS without changing the core architecture.

Which AWS service continuously monitors resource configurations and evaluates them against desired compliance rules?

Answer: AWS Config

AWS Config records resource configuration changes over time and evaluates them against rules to identify non-compliant configurations.