Compute services are the backbone that power most web-based applications. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is the foundation that many other Amazon Web Services (AWS) offerings are built upon. This course provides you with the opportunity to explore the different families of EC2 instances and identify the target workloads for each of these families. You will learn about the different instance types and how to select the best instance types to maximize price and performance.
Amazon EC2 Basics
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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Beginner level
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1 hour to complete
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What you'll learn
Identify the different families of EC2 instances and the target workload for each family.
Balance cost and performance when selecting an EC2 instance type.
Discuss the advantages of keeping up to date with new instance types.
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Taught in English
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SA
Reviewed on Jun 20, 2025
The course is quite detailed and also easy to understand due to story telling .
MM
Reviewed on May 12, 2025
it was clear and resourceful yet i hoped for a challenging quiz at the end.
CS
Reviewed on Jul 24, 2024
Very high-level, hardly technical. But gives a decent overview over the basics of EC2.
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