Designing and Implementing Storage on AWS (DISTG) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Day 1

Module 1: Introduction to Cloud Storage

  • Storage in the AWS cloud
  • Designing Well Architected Storage Solutions
  • Designing Durable and Available Storage Solutions
  • Building Accessible and Secure Storage Solutions

Module 2: Designing Object Storage Solutions in AWS

  • What is object storage?
  • Planning and designing your Amazon S3 deployment
  • Managing Amazon S3
  • Access Control with Amazon S3
  • Hands-On Lab: Exploring S3 Access Control and S3 Object Lambda

Module 3: Implementing Object Storage solutions with S3

  • Cost management and the data lifecycle
  • Managing data transfers into Amazon S3
  • Data protection in Amazon S3
  • Manage objects stored in Amazon S3 at scale
  • Hands-on Lab: Multi-Part Uploads, Batch Operations, and Cross-Region Replication with Amazon S3

Module 4: Designing Block storage solutions in AWS

  • Block storage fundamentals
  • Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
  • Configuring EBS volume types
  • EC2 and EBS encryption

Day 2

Module 5: Implementing Block Storage Solutions with Amazon EBS

  • Creating EBS volumes
  • Managing EBS volumes
  • Managing EBS snapshots at scale
  • Hands-On Lab: Managing EBS Volumes: Capacity, Performance, and Data Protection

Module 6: File Storage and Amazon EFS

  • Cloud-based file storage
  • Amazon EFS overview
  • Accessing Amazon EFS
  • Securing and protecting Amazon EFS file systems
  • Hands-On Lab: Using Amazon EFS with AWS Lambda and Amazon ECS

Module 7: Cloud file storage with Amazon FSx

  • Amazon FSx overview
  • Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
  • Amazon FSx for NetAPP ONTAP
  • Amazon FSx for OpenZFS
  • Amazon FSx for Lustre
  • Choosing an Amazon FSx service
  • Hands-On Lab: Working with FSx for NetApp ONTAP and FSx for OpenZFS

Day 3

Module 8: Hybrid and Edge Cloud Storage

  • Hybrid and edge cloud storage overview
  • Introduction to AWS Storage Gateway
  • AWS Storage Gateway architectures
  • AWS Snow Family

Module 9: Moving data to AWS

  • Moving data to AWS
  • Working with AWS DataSync
  • Implementing AWS Transfer Family
  • Hands-On Lab: Moving Data with Storage Gateway and DataSync

Module 10: Backup and Disaster Recovery with AWS

  • Designing a data protection strategy
  • AWS Backup
  • Creating backup plans
  • Working with AWS DRS
  • Hands-On Lab: Creating and Restoring Backups with AWS Backup

Module 11: Monitoring, Automating, and Optimizing your AWS Storage

  • AWS Observability Services
  • Amazon S3 Storage Lens
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • AWS CloudTrail
  • AWS Config
  • AWS Compute Optimizer
  • Hands-On Lab: Storage Monitoring, Automation, and Optimization