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This learning path is focused on two key services, these being Amazon EC2 and the Elastic Block Store service. These two services are often used in conjunction with each other, EC2 provides you with compute processing power for your applications, while EBS offers persistent block-level storage through its seamless integration with EC2. 

Intended Audience

The content set out in this learning path is ideal for Architects designing new solutions, System Administrators who are responsible for fleet management and maintaining AWS environments, and anyone looking to develop their knowledge across Amazon EC2 and Amazon EBS, especially when preparing for an AWS certification.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this learning path, you will have an understanding of:

  • Amazon EC2 and its configurable components
  • How to create EC2 instances
  • EC2 Image Builder for building and testing images
  • EBS use cases
  • EBS volume types and security controls
  • EBS Multi-Attach


Prerequisites

To get the most from this learning path it would be advantageous if you have a basic understanding of AWS

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Stuart has been working within the IT industry for two decades covering a huge range of topic areas and technologies, from data center and network infrastructure design, to cloud architecture and implementation.

To date, Stuart has created 150+ courses relating to Cloud reaching over 180,000 students, mostly within the AWS category and with a heavy focus on security and compliance.

Stuart is a member of the AWS Community Builders Program for his contributions towards AWS.

He is AWS certified and accredited in addition to being a published author covering topics across the AWS landscape.

In January 2016 Stuart was awarded ‘Expert of the Year Award 2015’ from Experts Exchange for his knowledge share within cloud services to the community.

Stuart enjoys writing about cloud technologies and you will find many of his articles within our blog pages.

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StorageComputeHigh AvailabilityAmazon Web ServicesCompute for AWSStorage for AWSAmazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS)Amazon EC2Amazon EC2 Spot Instance