Monitoring and Optimization of Data Workloads Flashcards
AWS Certified Data Engineer Associate DEA-C01 Flashcards
| Front | Back |
| How can CloudWatch be used for alarms | Set alarms to trigger notifications based on specific metric thresholds |
| How can CloudWatch logs be analyzed | Using the CloudWatch Logs Insights query feature |
| How can you reduce AWS costs using Cost Explorer | Identify underutilized resources to shut down or resize |
| How does AWS Cost Explorer help optimize workloads | By allowing cost visualization and identification of spending trends |
| How does Trusted Advisor assist with fault tolerance | By providing recommendations to increase reliability |
| What does Trusted Advisor's performance check evaluate | Resource utilization and opportunities to improve application speed |
| What is a key feature of AWS Cost Explorer for forecasting | Provides insights into future spending projections based on historical data |
| What is AWS CloudWatch used for | Monitoring and troubleshooting AWS resources and applications |
| What is AWS Trusted Advisor | A tool that provides recommendations to optimize costs, improve security, and enhance performance |
| What metrics can be monitored with CloudWatch | CPU utilization, memory usage, disk I/O, and network traffic |
About the Flashcards
Flashcards for the AWS Certified Data Engineer Associate exam provide focused review of AWS monitoring, cost management, and optimization tools. The deck covers CloudWatch features for metrics, alarms, and log analysis, Cost Explorer capabilities for cost visualization and forecasting, and Trusted Advisor checks that recommend improvements in cost, performance, and fault tolerance.
Designed to help students review terminology, concepts, and key ideas tested on the exam, the cards emphasize monitoring common metrics (CPU, memory, disk I/O, network), configuring alarms, analyzing CloudWatch Logs with Logs Insights, identifying underutilized resources, and using Cost Explorer and Trusted Advisor to optimize spend and reliability.
Topics covered in this flashcard deck:
- CloudWatch metrics and alarms
- CloudWatch Logs Insights
- CPU, memory, disk I/O metrics
- Cost Explorer forecasting
- Cost optimization techniques
- Trusted Advisor recommendations