A sneak peek into Amazon Web Services Cloud (AWS)Posted by Sajan Agrawal on February 27th, 2020 Image source : medium.com The emergence of Cloud Computing has benefitted the software industries big time. Majority of companies have shifted gears to move existing projects on Cloud as well as build new ones on it. Our previous blog introduced you to Firebase,an app development platform, that provides multiple services to build a robust web or mobile app. Today let us learn about a powerful Cloud Computing platform called the AWS or Amazon Web Services Cloud. What is Amazon Web Services Cloud?
-AWS, a subordinate of Amazon, is a platform that offers comprehensive, on-demand, secure cloud services to individuals and organizations to build, enhance and promote business applications. -Amazon Web Services cloud provides an extensive package of very useful services which, when collaborate and work with each other, produce highly dynamic applications. -Basically, AWS enables to create applications on the cloud, store data on a database cloud, distribute and deploy apps on the cloud server, all by means of its wide range of products. Image source : amazon.com What is Amazon Web Services Cloud products?The Amazon Web Services Cloud presents a vast collection of solutions like Compute, Database, Storage, Content Delivery so on and so forth, on a pay-as-you-use basis. Each of this category has multiple products under its hood for different functionalities. Image source : guru99.com Below is a summarized detail of various services and their tools. AWS Compute1. EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) - This is essentially a web service that allows to create a virtual server on the cloud, that will host and execute the applications within it. Also, services like EKS (Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes), ECS (Elastic Container Service) for running docker containers, Batch for executing batch processes, Launch Wizard, Parallel Cluster and more, are part of the Amazon Web Services Cloud Compute. AWS Storage1. Glacier - Glacier, as a service, enables online file storage for the purpose of data backup and archiving. It is fast and secure. Electronic File System (EFS), FSx, Snowball etc are some other products that Amazon Web Services Cloud Storage service offers. AWS Database1. DynamoDB - Dynamo, a fast and effective NoSQL database, is known for its extremely high scalability and minimal delay latency. It provides quick storage and retrieval capacities even during high volume traffic. Elasticache, Neptune, DocumentDB, QLDB etc are some more solutions for the Amazon Web Services Cloud Database. AWS Migration1. Snowball - Snowball is a cost-effective small application that transfers an enormous amount of data to and from the AWS virtual cloud. Other services of the Amazon Web Services Cloud Migration include Schema Conversion Tool, Transfer for SFTP, DataSync etc. AWS Security1. Identity Access Management - As the name suggests, this service manages the user access, user permissions and credentials etc. Refer the AWS documentation guide for other Amazon Web Services Cloud Security services like Directory Service, GuardDuty, Resource Access Manager(RAM) and more. AWS Networking and Content Delivery1. Route 53 - It is a Domain Name System service that provides a way to register domain names and route end users to the application. VPN, App Mesh, Cloud Map are additional examples of the Amazon Web Services Cloud Networking and Content Delivery. AWS Management and Governance1. CloudWatch - Cloudwatch is a monitoring tool that collects important metrics and data for any platform from the AWS and provides meaningful and useful insights. The AWS documentation can help you guide about other Amazon Web Services Cloud management tools like Config, OpsWorks, Chatbot etc. AWS Analytics1. Athena - Athena is a serverless service that enables the execution of queries on the AWS S3. Data Pipeline, Glue, ElasticSearch etc are further products of the Amazon Web Services Cloud Analytics. The Amazon Web Services Cloud has several more solutions like the Developer Tools, Media Service, IoT, Mobile etc in its collection. Benefits of the Amazon Web Services CloudAWS is the preferred choice for start-ups who do not wish to or are unable to incur the huge cost associated with installation and maintenance of data servers. AWS is supremely cost-effective since it completely eliminates the need for large infrastructure. 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