Mastering Cloud Practitioner and Well-Architected Tracks | Session 3

1.Outlines of Session

The comprehensive session was about cloud architecture, focusing on storage solutions, databases, and the AWS Well-Architected Framework. It includes an interactive role-play session to demonstrate customer and AWS consultant interactions, emphasizing the importance of understanding storage options and effectively positioning solutions to customers. The session was consisted on interactive discussions, demonstrations, and expert insights on various AWS services and best practices for cloud storage and database management. The session also highlights the importance of understanding customer requirements and aligning solutions to business needs.

2.Welcoming Comments by Hosts

• The hosts are greeting participants and discussing personal weekend plans

• Outlines of the session’s agenda are discussed.

• Encouraging audience interaction and sharing of plans

• The session aims to enhance skills towards becoming a Solutions Architect.

3.Role-Play on Cloud Technology and Services

• A role-play illustrates a customer-AWS consultant interaction.

• The great role-based content was elaborated in excellent way by @Sharique and @Richard.

• Highlights the need for selecting appropriate storage types for different workloads.

4.Oerview of Storage on AWS

• Focuses on storage and databases on AWS, comparing EBS volumes to traditional storage.

• Explaining block, file, and object storage with analogies.

• Discussing storage volumes and their use with EC2 instances.

5.Eastic Block Store (EBS) as a Storage Solution.

• EBS is discussed as a replacement for traditional storage area networks.

• Differences between SSD and HDD EBS volumes are explained.

6.Deep dive into Amazon Storage Options

• Different storage types (block, file, object) are explained with analogies.

• Importance of understanding these terminologies for technical roles is stressed.

• Detailing S3’s durability and design for data safety.

• Discussing S3 storage classes for different use cases.

7.Exploration of AWS databases

• Introducing Amazon DynamoDB and its features.

• Providing resources for learning and experimenting with AWS services.

• Difference of durability and availability described by @Ashish in good manner and easily understood with analogical presentation.

8.Additional resources and closing remarks

• @Reimy designed the quizzes for participants.

• Mentioning the Cloud Career Journey book and starter kit

• Discussing group mentoring sessions and future topics

9. Summary in a look

The session covered cloud architecture, focusing on AWS storage solutions and databases, with an emphasis on the AWS Well-Architected Framework. Key highlights included role-play to demonstrate customer interactions, discussions on EBS, S3, and DynamoDB, and the importance of understanding customer requirements. Participants also received resources for further learning and career development.