Table capacity modes (on-demand vs provisioned) in DynamoDB - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to set the table capacity mode to on-demand.

DynamoDB

aws dynamodb create-table --table-name MyTable --billing-mode [1]

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APAY_PER_REQUEST

BON_DEMAND

CPROVISIONED

DSTANDARD

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using PROVISIONED instead of PAY_PER_REQUEST for on-demand mode.

Using ON_DEMAND which is not a valid billing mode value.

The correct billing mode value for on-demand capacity is PAY_PER_REQUEST.

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medium

Complete the code to update an existing table to provisioned capacity mode.

DynamoDB

aws dynamodb update-table --table-name MyTable --billing-mode [1] --provisioned-throughput ReadCapacityUnits=5,WriteCapacityUnits=5

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APAY_PER_REQUEST

BSTANDARD

CON_DEMAND

DPROVISIONED

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using PAY_PER_REQUEST when trying to set provisioned mode.

Omitting provisioned throughput parameters.

To switch to provisioned capacity, use PROVISIONED as the billing mode.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to create a table with provisioned capacity.

DynamoDB

aws dynamodb create-table --table-name MyTable --billing-mode [1] --provisioned-throughput ReadCapacityUnits=10,WriteCapacityUnits=10

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APAY_PER_REQUEST

BON_DEMAND

CPROVISIONED

DSTANDARD

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using PAY_PER_REQUEST with provisioned throughput parameters.

Using ON_DEMAND which is invalid in this context.

The billing mode for provisioned capacity is PROVISIONED. Using PAY_PER_REQUEST or ON_DEMAND here causes errors.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a table with on-demand capacity and a primary key named 'UserId'.

DynamoDB

aws dynamodb create-table --table-name Users --attribute-definitions AttributeName=UserId,AttributeType=[1] --key-schema AttributeName=UserId,KeyType=[2] --billing-mode PAY_PER_REQUEST

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AS

BHASH

CN

DRANGE

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using RANGE instead of HASH for the primary key.

Using N when the key is a string.

The primary key attribute type is S for string, and the key type is HASH for partition key.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to update a table to provisioned mode with 8 read and 4 write capacity units.

DynamoDB

aws dynamodb update-table --table-name Orders --billing-mode [1] --provisioned-throughput ReadCapacityUnits=[2],WriteCapacityUnits=[3]

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APAY_PER_REQUEST

BPROVISIONED

C4

D8

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using PAY_PER_REQUEST when specifying provisioned throughput.

Swapping read and write capacity values.

Use PROVISIONED for billing mode, with 8 read and 4 write capacity units.