Reading Notes for Day 16 of 401:

AWS EC2

• What is an EC2 Instance?
• Name 2 use cases for EC2.
• Provide 1 reason to use ECS instead of Heroku.

EC2 For Humans

• Where can we find EC2 on the AWS Console?
• Explain the general difference between T2 Micro and XL.
• Explain a “Compute Cycle” to a non-technical friend.

Elastic Beanstalk

• What is Elastic Beanstalk?
• Describe the relationship between EC2 and Elastic Beanstalk.
• Name some benefits of using Elastic Beanstalk.

Bookmark and Review

Virtual Machines

VMS and the Cloud

Things I want to know more about:

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