Chapter 5
Databases
THE AWS CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT ASSOCIATE EXAM OBJECTIVES COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:
- Domain 1: Design Resilient Architectures
- ✓ 1.1 Choose reliable/resilient storage.
- ✓ 1.2 Determine how to design decoupling mechanisms using AWS services.
- ✓ 1.3 Determine how to design a multitier architecture solution.
- ✓ 1.4 Determine how to design high availability and/or fault tolerant architectures.
- Domain 2: Define Performant Architectures
- ✓ 2.1 Choose performant storage and databases.
- ✓ 2.3 Design solutions for elasticity and scalability.
Introduction
A database allows an application to store, organize, and quickly retrieve data. Although you could use flat files to store data, they become increasingly slow to search as the amount of data grows. By relying on the database to perform these tasks, developers are free to focus on the application without having to directly interact...