Summary and Quiz
Explore the essential AWS database services, their features, use cases, and limitations. Understand relational and NoSQL databases like RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, and ElastiCache. Learn about high availability, replication, scaling, and backup options to prepare for the AWS Solutions Architect exam. Validate your knowledge with a quiz designed to reinforce key concepts.
We’ve studied different databases offered by AWS and their important features, use cases, and limitations. The concepts covered throughout the chapter are very important and require industry practice to master them. Therefore, reading the official documentation on these concepts and services from the certification’s perspective is always recommended to keep your toolkit updated before appearing in the exam.
Let’s summarize the services we’ve covered:
Relational databases
Amazon RDS: A fully managed, highly available, Multi-AZ database that supports seven popular and widely used DB engines. We discussed the DB instances, their classes, types, and storage options. We also discussed the RDS connection with VPC and AZs, and finally, we learned about the deployment options of the RDS. ...