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SAA-C03 Question 701

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A city has deployed a web application running on Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The application's users have reported sporadic performance, which appears to be related to DDoS attacks originating from random IP addresses. The city needs a solution that requires minimal configuration changes and provides an audit trail for the DDoS sources. Which solution meets these requirements?

  • AEnable an AWS WAF web ACL on the ALB, and configure rules to block traffic from unknown sources.
  • BSubscribe to Amazon Inspector. Engage the AWS DDoS Response Team (DRT) to integrate mitigating controls into the service.
  • CSubscribe to AWS Shield Advanced. Engage the AWS DDoS Response Team (DRT) to integrate mitigating controls into the service. (correct answer)
  • DCreate an Amazon CloudFront distribution for the application, and set the ALB as the origin. Enable an AWS WAF web ACL on the distribution, and configure rules to block traffic from unknown sources
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: Subscribe to AWS Shield Advanced. Engage the AWS DDoS Response Team (DRT) to integrate mitigating controls into the service.

Explanation

AWS Shield provides managed DDoS protection.

SAA-C03 Question 702

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A company copies 200 TB of data from a recent ocean survey onto AWS Snowball Edge Storage Optimized devices. The company has a high performance computing (HPC) cluster that is hosted on AWS to look for oil and gas deposits. A solutions architect must provide the cluster with consistent sub-millisecond latency and high-throughput access to the data on the Snowball Edge Storage Optimized devices. The company is sending the devices back to AWS. Which solution will meet these requirements?

  • ACreate an Amazon S3 bucket. Import the data into the S3 bucket. Configure an AWS Storage Gateway file gateway to use the S3 bucket. Access the file gateway from the HPC cluster instances.
  • BCreate an Amazon S3 bucket. Import the data into the S3 bucket. Configure an Amazon FSx for Lustre file system, and integrate it with the S3 bucket. Access the FSx for Lustre file system from the HPC cluster instances. (correct answer)
  • CCreate an Amazon S3 bucket and an Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) file system. Import the data into the S3 bucket. Copy the data from the S3 bucket to the EFS file system. Access the EFS file system from the HPC cluster instances.
  • DCreate an Amazon FSx for Lustre file system. Import the data directly into the FSx for Lustre file system. Access the FSx for Lustre file system from the HPC cluster instances.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B

The correct answer is B. Option B: Create an Amazon S3 bucket. Import the data into the S3 bucket. Configure an Amazon FSx for Lustre file system, and integrate it with the S3 bucket. Access the FSx for Lustre file system from the HPC cluster instances.

Explanation

Amazon S3 provides durable, scalable object storage that is fully managed. Amazon FSx for Lustre delivers high-performance file storage for compute-intensive workloads. Amazon FSx provides fully managed third-party file systems.

SAA-C03 Question 703

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A company has NFS servers in an on-premises data center that need to periodically back up small amounts of data to Amazon S3. Which solution meets these requirements and is MOST cost-effective?

  • ASet up AWS Glue to copy the data from the on-premises servers to Amazon S3.
  • BSet up an AWS DataSync agent on the on-premises servers, and sync the data to Amazon S3. (correct answer)
  • CSet up an SFTP sync using AWS Transfer for SFTP to sync data from on premises to Amazon S3.
  • DSet up an AWS Direct Connect connection between the on-premises data center and a VPC, and copy the data to Amazon S3.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B

The correct answer is B. Option B: Set up an AWS DataSync agent on the on-premises servers, and sync the data to Amazon S3.

Explanation

Amazon S3 provides durable, scalable object storage that is fully managed. AWS DataSync automates and accelerates online data transfer to AWS with minimal effort. This option delivers the requirement at the lowest cost.

SAA-C03 Question 704

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An online video game company must maintain ultra-low latency for its game servers. The game servers run on Amazon EC2 instances. The company needs a solution that can handle millions of UDP internet traffic requests each second. Which solution will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

  • AConfigure an Application Load Balancer with the required protocol and ports for the internet traffic. Specify the EC2 instances as the targets.
  • BConfigure a Gateway Load Balancer for the internet traffic. Specify the EC2 instances as the targets.
  • CConfigure a Network Load Balancer with the required protocol and ports for the internet traffic. Specify the EC2 instances as the targets. (correct answer)
  • DLaunch an identical set of game servers on EC2 instances in separate AWS Regions. Route internet traffic to both sets of EC2 instances.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: Configure a Network Load Balancer with the required protocol and ports for the internet traffic. Specify the EC2 instances as the targets.

Explanation

Amazon EC2 provides resizable virtual servers when you need full control of the operating system. A Network Load Balancer handles very high throughput TCP/UDP traffic with ultra-low latency and static IPs. A load balancer distributes traffic across targets in multiple AZs for availability and scale. This option delivers the requirement at the lowest cost.

SAA-C03 Question 705

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A company runs a three-tier application in a VPC. The database tier uses an Amazon RDS for MySQL DB instance. The company plans to migrate the RDS for MySQL DB instance to an Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL DB cluster. The company needs a solution that replicates the data changes that happen during the migration to the new database. Which combination of steps will meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

  • AUse AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) Schema Conversion to transform the database objects. (correct answer)
  • BUse AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) Schema Conversion to create an Aurora PostgreSQL read replica on the RDS for MySQL DB instance.
  • CConfigure an Aurora MySQL read replica for the RDS for MySQL DB instance.
  • DDefine an AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) task with change data capture (CDC) to migrate the data. (correct answer)
  • EPromote the Aurora PostgreSQL read replica to a standalone Aurora PostgreSQL DB cluster when the replica lag is zero.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: A, D

The correct answer is A, D. Option A: Use AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) Schema Conversion to transform the database objects. Option D: Define an AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) task with change data capture (CDC) to migrate the data.

Explanation

AWS Database Migration Service migrates databases with minimal downtime.

SAA-C03 Question 706

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A company hosts a database that runs on an Amazon RDS instance that is deployed to multiple Availability Zones. The company periodically runs a script against the database to report new entries that are added to the database. The script that runs against the database negatively affects the performance of a critical application. The company needs to improve application performance with minimal costs. Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?

  • AAdd functionality to the script to identify the instance that has the fewest active connections. Configure the script to read from that instance to report the total new entries.
  • BCreate a read replica of the database. Configure the script to query only the read replica to report the total new entries. (correct answer)
  • CInstruct the development team to manually export the new entries for the day in the database at the end of each day.
  • DUse Amazon ElastiCache to cache the common queries that the script runs against the database.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B

The correct answer is B. Option B: Create a read replica of the database. Configure the script to query only the read replica to report the total new entries.

Explanation

AWS Config tracks resource configuration changes and evaluates compliance.

SAA-C03 Question 707

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A company is using an Application Load Balancer (ALB) to present its application to the internet. The company finds abnormal traffic access patterns across the application. A solutions architect needs to improve visibility into the infrastructure to help the company understand these abnormalities better. What is the MOST operationally efficient solution that meets these requirements?

  • ACreate a table in Amazon Athena for AWS CloudTrail logs. Create a query for the relevant information.
  • BEnable ALB access logging to Amazon S3. Create a table in Amazon Athena, and query the logs. (correct answer)
  • CEnable ALB access logging to Amazon S3. Open each file in a text editor, and search each line for the relevant information.
  • DUse Amazon EMR on a dedicated Amazon EC2 instance to directly query the ALB to acquire traffic access log information.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B

The correct answer is B. Option B: Enable ALB access logging to Amazon S3. Create a table in Amazon Athena, and query the logs.

Explanation

Amazon S3 provides durable, scalable object storage that is fully managed. Amazon Athena runs serverless SQL queries directly on data in Amazon S3 with no infrastructure to manage.

SAA-C03 Question 708

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A company wants to use NAT gateways in its AWS environment. The company's Amazon EC2 instances in private subnets must be able to connect to the public internet through the NAT gateways. Which solution will meet these requirements?

  • ACreate public NAT gateways in the same private subnets as the EC2 instances.
  • BCreate private NAT gateways in the same private subnets as the EC2 instances.
  • CCreate public NAT gateways in public subnets in the same VPCs as the EC2 instances. (correct answer)
  • DCreate private NAT gateways in public subnets in the same VPCs as the EC2 instances.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: Create public NAT gateways in public subnets in the same VPCs as the EC2 instances.

Explanation

Amazon EC2 provides resizable virtual servers when you need full control of the operating system. A NAT gateway lets private subnet resources reach the internet for outbound traffic only.

SAA-C03 Question 709

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A company has an organization in AWS Organizations. The company runs Amazon EC2 instances across four AWS accounts in the root organizational unit (OU). There are three nonproduction accounts and one production account. The company wants to prohibit users from launching EC2 instances of a certain size in the nonproduction accounts. The company has created a service control policy (SCP) to deny access to launch instances that use the prohibited types. Which solutions to deploy the SCP will meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

  • AAttach the SCP to the root OU for the organization.
  • BAttach the SCP to the three nonproduction Organizations member accounts. (correct answer)
  • CAttach the SCP to the Organizations management account.
  • DCreate an OU for the production account. Attach the SCP to the OU. Move the production member account into the new OU.
  • ECreate an OU for the required accounts. Attach the SCP to the OU. Move the nonproduction member accounts into the new OU. (correct answer)
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B, E

The correct answer is B, E. Option B: Attach the SCP to the three nonproduction Organizations member accounts. Option E: Create an OU for the required accounts. Attach the SCP to the OU. Move the nonproduction member accounts into the new OU.

Explanation

AWS Organizations centrally governs and secures multiple AWS accounts. Service Control Policies set guardrails on what accounts in an organization can do.

SAA-C03 Question 710

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A company’s website hosted on Amazon EC2 instances processes classified data stored in Amazon S3. Due to security concerns, the company requires a private and secure connection between its EC2 resources and Amazon S3. Which solution meets these requirements?

  • ASet up S3 bucket policies to allow access from a VPC endpoint. (correct answer)
  • BSet up an IAM policy to grant read-write access to the S3 bucket.
  • CSet up a NAT gateway to access resources outside the private subnet.
  • DSet up an access key ID and a secret access key to access the S3 bucket.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: Set up S3 bucket policies to allow access from a VPC endpoint.

Explanation

Amazon S3 provides durable, scalable object storage that is fully managed. A VPC endpoint provides private connectivity to AWS services without traversing the public internet.

SAA-C03 Question 711

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An ecommerce company runs its application on AWS. The application uses an Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL cluster in Multi-AZ mode for the underlying database. During a recent promotional campaign, the application experienced heavy read load and write load. Users experienced timeout issues when they attempted to access the application. A solutions architect needs to make the application architecture more scalable and highly available. Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST downtime?

  • ACreate an Amazon EventBridge rule that has the Aurora cluster as a source. Create an AWS Lambda function to log the state change events of the Aurora cluster. Add the Lambda function as a target for the EventBridge rule. Add additional reader nodes to fail over to.
  • BModify the Aurora cluster and activate the zero-downtime restart (ZDR) feature. Use Database Activity Streams on the cluster to track the cluster status.
  • CAdd additional reader instances to the Aurora cluster. Create an Amazon RDS Proxy target group for the Aurora cluster. (correct answer)
  • DCreate an Amazon ElastiCache for Redis cache. Replicate data from the Aurora cluster to Redis by using AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) with a write-around approach.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: Add additional reader instances to the Aurora cluster. Create an Amazon RDS Proxy target group for the Aurora cluster.

Explanation

Amazon Aurora is a high-performance managed relational database with built-in replication and failover. Amazon RDS Proxy pools and shares database connections to improve scalability and resilience. Amazon RDS is a managed relational database that handles patching, backups and failover. By spanning multiple Availability Zones / adding redundancy, this option provides the high availability and resilience required.

SAA-C03 Question 712

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A company is designing a web application on AWS. The application will use a VPN connection between the company’s existing data centers and the company's VPCs. The company uses Amazon Route 53 as its DNS service. The application must use private DNS records to communicate with the on-premises services from a VPC. Which solution will meet these requirements in the MOST secure manner?

  • ACreate a Route 53 Resolver outbound endpoint. Create a resolver rule. Associate the resolver rule with the VPC. (correct answer)
  • BCreate a Route 53 Resolver inbound endpoint. Create a resolver rule. Associate the resolver rule with the VPC.
  • CCreate a Route 53 private hosted zone. Associate the private hosted zone with the VPC.
  • DCreate a Route 53 public hosted zone. Create a record for each service to allow service communication
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: Create a Route 53 Resolver outbound endpoint. Create a resolver rule. Associate the resolver rule with the VPC.

Explanation

Amazon Route 53 provides DNS with health checks and routing policies for availability and latency.

SAA-C03 Question 713

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A company is running a photo hosting service in the us-east-1 Region. The service enables users across multiple countries to upload and view photos. Some photos are heavily viewed for months, and others are viewed for less than a week. The application allows uploads of up to 20 MB for each photo. The service uses the photo metadata to determine which photos to display to each user. Which solution provides the appropriate user access MOST cost-effectively?

  • AStore the photos in Amazon DynamoDB. Turn on DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) to cache frequently viewed items.
  • BStore the photos in the Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering storage class. Store the photo metadata and its S3 location in DynamoDB. (correct answer)
  • CStore the photos in the Amazon S3 Standard storage class. Set up an S3 Lifecycle policy to move photos older than 30 days to the S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-IA) storage class. Use the object tags to keep track of metadata.
  • DStore the photos in the Amazon S3 Glacier storage class. Set up an S3 Lifecycle policy to move photos older than 30 days to the S3 Glacier Deep Archive storage class. Store the photo metadata and its S3 location in Amazon OpenSearch Service.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B

The correct answer is B. Option B: Store the photos in the Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering storage class. Store the photo metadata and its S3 location in DynamoDB.

Explanation

S3 Intelligent-Tiering automatically moves objects between tiers to optimize cost with no operational effort. Amazon S3 provides durable, scalable object storage that is fully managed. Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed, serverless NoSQL database with single-digit millisecond latency and automatic scaling. This option delivers the requirement at the lowest cost.

SAA-C03 Question 714

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A company runs a highly available web application on Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer. The company uses Amazon CloudWatch metrics. As the traffic to the web application increases, some EC2 instances become overloaded with many outstanding requests. The CloudWatch metrics show that the number of requests processed and the time to receive the responses from some EC2 instances are both higher compared to other EC2 instances. The company does not want new requests to be forwarded to the EC2 instances that are already overloaded. Which solution will meet these requirements?

  • AUse the round robin routing algorithm based on the RequestCountPerTarget and ActiveConnectionCount CloudWatch metrics.
  • BUse the least outstanding requests algorithm based on the RequestCountPerTarget and ActiveConnectionCount CloudWatch metrics. (correct answer)
  • CUse the round robin routing algorithm based on the RequestCount and TargetResponseTime CloudWatch metrics.
  • DUse the least outstanding requests algorithm based on the RequestCount and TargetResponseTime CloudWatch metrics.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B

The correct answer is B. Option B: Use the least outstanding requests algorithm based on the RequestCountPerTarget and ActiveConnectionCount CloudWatch metrics.

Explanation

Amazon CloudWatch collects metrics, logs and alarms to monitor and react to operational health. By spanning multiple Availability Zones / adding redundancy, this option provides the high availability and resilience required.

SAA-C03 Question 715

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A company uses Amazon EC2, AWS Fargate, and AWS Lambda to run multiple workloads in the company's AWS account. The company wants to fully make use of its Compute Savings Plans. The company wants to receive notification when coverage of the Compute Savings Plans drops. Which solution will meet these requirements with the MOST operational efficiency?

  • ACreate a daily budget for the Savings Plans by using AWS Budgets. Configure the budget with a coverage threshold to send notifications to the appropriate email message recipients. (correct answer)
  • BCreate a Lambda function that runs a coverage report against the Savings Plans. Use Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) to email the report to the appropriate email message recipients.
  • CCreate an AWS Budgets report for the Savings Plans budget. Set the frequency to daily.
  • DCreate a Savings Plans alert subscription. Enable all notification options. Enter an email address to receive notifications.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: Create a daily budget for the Savings Plans by using AWS Budgets. Configure the budget with a coverage threshold to send notifications to the appropriate email message recipients.

Explanation

Savings Plans reduce cost for consistent compute usage in exchange for a usage commitment. AWS Config tracks resource configuration changes and evaluates compliance. AWS Budgets alerts on cost and usage thresholds.

SAA-C03 Question 716

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A company runs a real-time data ingestion solution on AWS. The solution consists of the most recent version of Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK). The solution is deployed in a VPC in private subnets across three Availability Zones. A solutions architect needs to redesign the data ingestion solution to be publicly available over the internet. The data in transit must also be encrypted. Which solution will meet these requirements with the MOST operational efficiency?

  • AConfigure public subnets in the existing VPC. Deploy an MSK cluster in the public subnets. Update the MSK cluster security settings to enable mutual TLS authentication. (correct answer)
  • BCreate a new VPC that has public subnets. Deploy an MSK cluster in the public subnets. Update the MSK cluster security settings to enable mutual TLS authentication.
  • CDeploy an Application Load Balancer (ALB) that uses private subnets. Configure an ALB security group inbound rule to allow inbound traffic from the VPC CIDR block for HTTPS protocol.
  • DDeploy a Network Load Balancer (NLB) that uses private subnets. Configure an NLB listener for HTTPS communication over the internet.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: Configure public subnets in the existing VPC. Deploy an MSK cluster in the public subnets. Update the MSK cluster security settings to enable mutual TLS authentication.

Explanation

Amazon MSK provides fully managed Apache Kafka for streaming. AWS Config tracks resource configuration changes and evaluates compliance. This option meets the real-time / low-latency performance requirement.

SAA-C03 Question 717

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A company wants to migrate an on-premises legacy application to AWS. The application ingests customer order files from an on-premises enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The application then uploads the files to an SFTP server. The application uses a scheduled job that checks for order files every hour. The company already has an AWS account that has connectivity to the on-premises network. The new application on AWS must support integration with the existing ERP system. The new application must be secure and resilient and must use the SFTP protocol to process orders from the ERP system immediately. Which solution will meet these requirements?

  • ACreate an AWS Transfer Family SFTP internet-facing server in two Availability Zones. Use Amazon S3 storage. Create an AWS Lambda function to process order files. Use S3 Event Notifications to send s3:ObjectCreated:* events to the Lambda function.
  • BCreate an AWS Transfer Family SFTP internet-facing server in one Availability Zone. Use Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) storage. Create an AWS Lambda function to process order files. Use a Transfer Family managed workflow to invoke the Lambda function.
  • CCreate an AWS Transfer Family SFTP internal server in two Availability Zones. Use Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) storage. Create an AWS Step Functions state machine to process order files. Use Amazon EventBridge Scheduler to invoke the state machine to periodically check Amazon EFS for order files.
  • DCreate an AWS Transfer Family SFTP internal server in two Availability Zones. Use Amazon S3 storage. Create an AWS Lambda function to process order files. Use a Transfer Family managed workflow to invoke the Lambda function. (correct answer)
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: D

The correct answer is D. Option D: Create an AWS Transfer Family SFTP internal server in two Availability Zones. Use Amazon S3 storage. Create an AWS Lambda function to process order files. Use a Transfer Family managed workflow to invoke the Lambda fu...

Explanation

AWS Lambda runs code without provisioning servers and scales automatically, which minimizes operational overhead. Amazon S3 provides durable, scalable object storage that is fully managed. AWS Transfer Family provides managed SFTP/FTPS/FTP access to S3 and EFS. By spanning multiple Availability Zones / adding redundancy, this option provides the high availability and resilience required.

SAA-C03 Question 718

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A company’s applications use Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark to process data on premises. The existing infrastructure is not scalable and is complex to manage. A solutions architect must design a scalable solution that reduces operational complexity. The solution must keep the data processing on premises. Which solution will meet these requirements?

  • AUse AWS Site-to-Site VPN to access the on-premises Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) data and application. Use an Amazon EMR cluster to process the data.
  • BUse AWS DataSync to connect to the on-premises Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) cluster. Create an Amazon EMR cluster to process the data.
  • CMigrate the Apache Hadoop application and the Apache Spark application to Amazon EMR clusters on AWS Outposts. Use the EMR clusters to process the data. (correct answer)
  • DUse an AWS Snowball device to migrate the data to an Amazon S3 bucket. Create an Amazon EMR cluster to process the data.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: Migrate the Apache Hadoop application and the Apache Spark application to Amazon EMR clusters on AWS Outposts. Use the EMR clusters to process the data.

Explanation

AWS Outposts extends AWS infrastructure on premises for low-latency or data-residency needs. Amazon EMR runs big-data frameworks like Spark and Hadoop on managed clusters.

SAA-C03 Question 719

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A company is migrating a large amount of data from on-premises storage to AWS. Windows, Mac, and Linux based Amazon EC2 instances in the same AWS Region will access the data by using SMB and NFS storage protocols. The company will access a portion of the data routinely. The company will access the remaining data infrequently. The company needs to design a solution to host the data. Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?

  • ACreate an Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) volume that uses EFS Intelligent-Tiering. Use AWS DataSync to migrate the data to the EFS volume.
  • BCreate an Amazon FSx for ONTAP instance. Create an FSx for ONTAP file system with a root volume that uses the auto tiering policy. Migrate the data to the FSx for ONTAP volume. (correct answer)
  • CCreate an Amazon S3 bucket that uses S3 Intelligent-Tiering. Migrate the data to the S3 bucket by using an AWS Storage Gateway Amazon S3 File Gateway.
  • DCreate an Amazon FSx for OpenZFS file system. Migrate the data to the new volume.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B

The correct answer is B. Option B: Create an Amazon FSx for ONTAP instance. Create an FSx for ONTAP file system with a root volume that uses the auto tiering policy. Migrate the data to the FSx for ONTAP volume.

Explanation

Amazon FSx provides fully managed third-party file systems.

SAA-C03 Question 720

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A manufacturing company runs its report generation application on AWS. The application generates each report in about 20 minutes. The application is built as a monolith that runs on a single Amazon EC2 instance. The application requires frequent updates to its tightly coupled modules. The application becomes complex to maintain as the company adds new features. Each time the company patches a software module, the application experiences downtime. Report generation must restart from the beginning after any interruptions. The company wants to redesign the application so that the application can be flexible, scalable, and gradually improved. The company wants to minimize application downtime. Which solution will meet these requirements?

  • ARun the application on AWS Lambda as a single function with maximum provisioned concurrency.
  • BRun the application on Amazon EC2 Spot Instances as microservices with a Spot Fleet default allocation strategy.
  • CRun the application on Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) as microservices with service auto scaling. (correct answer)
  • DRun the application on AWS Elastic Beanstalk as a single application environment with an all-at-once deployment strategy.
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: Run the application on Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) as microservices with service auto scaling.

Explanation

Auto Scaling adjusts capacity automatically to match demand, improving availability and cost efficiency. Amazon ECS orchestrates containers and integrates natively with AWS networking and IAM.

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