Some basic questions we have considered while designing the Exam Management application.
What is EC2 stand for?
Elastic Compute Cloud
What EC2 provides?
EC2 provides scalable computing on the virtual server (EC2)
How many EC2 instances can I run?
With EC2 you can run as many EC2 instances (maximum 20) as desired for capacity running.
Normally 20 EC2 Instances are available per Region per account.
E.G. In UK for two regions can have 20 x 2 EC2.
Amazon is flexible to increase EC2.
Online Test Maker Software is scalable allowing multiple instances.
Can we scale up and scale down with EC2?
Yes, it can be scaled up and scaled-down.
Assessment Software requires flexibility hence auto-scaling helps us to achieve the required goal.
What kind of storage is provided by EC2?
EC2 provides two types of storage, EBS (Elastic Block Storage) and EC2 instance storage.
Are pre-configured templates are provided to construct EC2 instance?
Amazon Machine Image and images from the Market place are available.
A number of templates are available for configuring EC2 instance.
What can be configured with EC2?
Security
Networking
Storage
Networking
Many others as well
Assessment Management Software and Online Test Software both been tried and tested on EC2 instances.
