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AWS for Solutions Architects - Second Edition

By : Saurabh Shrivastava, Neelanjali Srivastav, Alberto Artasanchez, Imtiaz Sayed
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Book Image

AWS for Solutions Architects - Second Edition

4 (2)
By: Saurabh Shrivastava, Neelanjali Srivastav, Alberto Artasanchez, Imtiaz Sayed

Overview of this book

Are you excited to harness the power of AWS and unlock endless possibilities for your business? Look no further than the second edition of AWS for Solutions Architects! Imagine crafting cloud solutions that are secure, scalable, and optimized – not just good, but industry-leading. This updated guide throws open the doors to the AWS Well-Architected Framework, design pillars, and cloud-native design patterns empowering you to craft secure, performant, and cost-effective cloud architectures. Tame the complexities of networking, conquering edge deployments and crafting seamless hybrid cloud connections. Uncover the secrets of big data and streaming with EMR, Glue, Kinesis, and MSK, extracting valuable insights from data at speeds you never thought possible. Future-proof your cloud with game-changing insights! New chapters unveil CloudOps, machine learning, IoT, and blockchain, empowering you to build transformative solutions. Plus, unlock the secrets of storage mastery, container excellence, and data lake patterns. From simple configurations to sophisticated architectures, this guide equips you with the knowledge to solve any cloud challenge and impress even the most demanding clients. This book is your one-stop shop for architecting industry-standard AWS solutions. Stop settling for average – dive in and build like a pro!
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Index

Using Amazon Athena versus Redshift Spectrum

Amazon Athena and Redshift Spectrum are two data querying services offered by AWS that allow users to analyze data stored in Amazon S3 using standard SQL.

Amazon Athena is a serverless interactive query service that quickly analyzes data in Amazon S3 using standard SQL. It allows users to analyze data directly from Amazon S3 without creating or managing any infrastructure. Athena is best suited for ad hoc querying and interactive analysis of large amounts of unstructured data that is stored in Amazon S3.

For example, imagine a marketing team needs to analyze customer behavior data stored in Amazon S3 to make informed decisions about their marketing campaigns. They can use Athena to query the data in S3, extract insights, and make informed decisions about how to improve their campaigns.

On the other hand, Amazon Redshift Spectrum (an extension of Amazon Redshift) allows users to analyze data stored in Amazon S3 with the same...