AWS Technical Essentials Practice

Provisioning in the context of DynamoDB refers specifically to the process of allocating resources required for your DynamoDB tables, including the amount of read and write capacity, as well as storage requirements. This is a crucial aspect of managing AWS resources, as it determines how much of the underlying infrastructure is allocated based on anticipated workload.

The provisioning process ensures that your DynamoDB tables can handle the expected traffic and usage patterns efficiently, allowing for optimal performance. For example, when you provision a table, you may set parameters such as the capacity mode (provisioned or on-demand) and specify the maximum limits for read and write operations.

While actions such as monitoring and querying are important for the management and usage of the database, they do not directly relate to the initial allocation of resources. Monitoring involves tracking the performance and usage of your database, helping inform capacity adjustments over time, but it does not itself manage resources. Querying is the means to retrieve data, which occurs after resources have already been allocated. Terminating, while related to resource management, is more focused on the decommissioning of resources rather than their provisioning.