AWS TL;DR Cheatsheet
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Object & Block Storage
Amazon S3
Buckets • Storage Classes • Lifecycle • Replication • Event Notifications
EBS Volumes
gp3 • io2 Block Express • Snapshots • Encryption • IOPS
EFS File System
NFS • Infrequent Access • Replication • Performance Modes
Serverless Analytics & Query
Athena
Serverless SQL • CTAS • Workgroups • Federated Query • Partitioning
Glue Crawlers & ETL
Data Catalog • Crawlers • Job Bookmarks • Dynamic Frames
Glue DataBrew
Visual Data Prep • Recipes • Profiling • No-code ETL
Lake Formation
Fine-grained Access • Blueprints • ML Transforms • Governance
Data Warehousing
Redshift
RA3 Nodes • AQUA • Concurrency Scaling • Spectrum • Federated Query
Redshift Serverless
Auto-scaling • Pay-per-query • Workgroups • Data Sharing
Relational Databases
RDS (Multi-AZ & Read Replicas)
MySQL • PostgreSQL • Aurora • Performance Insights • Backup
Aurora (Serverless v2)
Storage Auto-scaling • Global DB • Backtrack • Parallel Query
DocumentDB (MongoDB compat)
Replica Sets • Cluster Scaling • Backup • Aggregation Pipeline
Archive, Backup & Governance
S3 Glacier & Backup
Instant • Deep Archive • Vault Lock • AWS Backup Integration
Macie
PII Detection • Automated Discovery • Findings • S3-focused
S3 Access Analyzer
Public Buckets • Cross-account • IAM Policy Validation