AWS: S3 and Lambda

Readings

• AWS S3

  • What is Amazon S3?

    • Amazon simple storage service

  • Name some use cases for Amazon S3.

    • build a data lake, back up and restore data

  • Name some benefits of using Amazon S3.

    • durability, low cost., security

• AWS Lambda Basics

  • What is AWS Lambda?

    • serverless computig service by amazon

  • Name some use cases for AWS Lambdas.

    • individual tasks run for a short time, each task is generally self-contained

  • Describe “serverless” to a non-technical friend.

    • basically the server is done for you

• CDN

  • What is a CDN?

    • Content delivery network

  • How does a CDN work with relation to the website visitor?

    • The content delivery network copies the pages of a website to a network of servers that are spread out at geographically different locations, caching the contents of the page. When a user requests a webpage that is part of a content delivery network, the CDN will redirect the request from the originating site’s server to a server in the CDN that is closest to the user and deliver the cached conten

  • What are the benefits of employing a CDN?

    • speed and security