Elastic Block Store Quiz
There is a requirement to host a database on an EC2 Instance. The EBS Volume is required to support a high rate of IOPS since a large number of read and write requests are expected on the database.
Which Amazon EBS Volume type can meet the performance requirements of this database?
A. EBS Provisioned IOPS SSD
B. EBS Throughput Optimized HDD
C. EBS General Purpose SSD
D. EBS Cold HDD
A. EBS Provisioned IOPS SSD
Since this is a high performance requirement with high IOPS needed, one should opt for EBS Provisioned IOPS SSD.
The below snapshot from the AWS Documentation mentions the need for using Provisioned IOPS for better IOPS performance in database based applications.
For more information on AWS EBS Volume types, please visit the following URL:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EBSVolumeTypes.html
