A containerized healthcare application needs secure certificate management with near real-time encryption/decryption and high availability. This drill examines AWS KMS, Secrets Manager, and storage options to identify the optimal low-overhead solution.
Moving 70TB of legacy video content to S3: Why physical data transport beats network transfer for one-time bulk migrations, and how to quantify the decision.
Explore how IAM task roles enable least privilege access for containerized applications, comparing security models and avoiding common permission anti-patterns in AWS ECS environments.
A data analytics startup needs to migrate a Python JSON processing application running thousands of times daily. This drill compares Lambda event triggers, EC2 auto-scaling, ECS containers, and EBS multi-attach solutions through the lens of high availability, scalability, and minimal operational overhead.
Explore how to choose between AWS DataSync and DMS, public internet vs. Direct Connect, when transferring sensitive sensor data at scale to AWS S3 for near-real-time analytics.
A photo processing application faces rising data transfer costs when accessing S3. Learn why VPC Gateway Endpoints represent the optimal zero-cost, zero-complexity solution for private AWS service access—and why API Gateway and NAT Gateway are costly distractors.
A professional-level analysis of migrating bursty, hour-long file processing from on-premises to AWS, comparing Lambda limitations, EC2 Auto Scaling, MQ vs. SQS, and EFS vs. S3 storage—culminating in a FinOps-driven decision matrix.
A manufacturing company needs to store critical sensor data for 4 years with immediate access. We analyze the lifecycle policy options balancing cost optimization with instant retrieval requirements.
A retail analytics startup struggles with EC2 performance bottlenecks during multi-SaaS data ingestion. This drill explores the trade-off between managed integration services, event-driven architectures, and operational overhead.