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A company’s data platform uses an Amazon Aurora MySQL database.The database has multiple read replicas and multiple DB instances across different Availability Zones.Users have recently reported errors from the database that indicate that there are too many connections.The company wants to reduce the failover time by 20% when a read replica is promoted to primary writer.Which solution will meet this requirement?Read More →

A company needs to provide its employees with secure access to confidential and sensitive files.The company wants to ensure that the files can be accessed only by authorized users.The files must be downloaded securely to the employees’ devices.The files are stored in an on-premises Windows file server.However, due to an increase in remote usage, the file server is running out of capacity..Which solution will meet these requirements?Read More →

A company stores critical data in Amazon DynamoDB tables in the company’s AWS account.An IT administrator accidentally deleted a DynamoDB table.The deletion caused a significant loss of data and disrupted the company’s operations.The company wants to prevent this type of disruption in the future.Which solution will meet this requirement with the LEAST operational overhead?Read More →

A company is creating a new application that will store a large amount of data.The data will be analyzed hourly and will be modified by several Amazon EC2 Linux instances that are deployed across multiple Availability Zones.The needed amount of storage space will continue to grow for the next 6 months.Which storage solution should a solutions architect recommend to meet these requirements?Read More →

A company has an application that collects data from IoT sensors on automobiles.The data is streamed and stored in Amazon S3 through Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose.The data produces trillions of S3 objects each year.Each morning, the company uses the data from the previous 30 days to retrain a suite of machine learning (ML) models.Four times each year, the company uses the data from the previous 12 months to perform analysis and train other ML models.The data must be available with minimal delay for up to 1 year.After 1 year, the data must be retained for archival purposes.Which storage solution meets these requirements MOST cost-effectively?Read More →

A solutions architect needs to design a highly available application consisting of web, application, and database tiers.HTTPS content delivery should be as close to the edge as possible, with the least delivery time.Which solution meets these requirements and is MOST secure?Read More →

A company is designing a shared storage solution for a gaming application that is hosted in the AWS Cloud.The company needs the ability to use SMB clients to access data.The solution must be fully managed.Which AWS solution meets these requirements?Read More →

A company has an application workflow that uses an AWS Lambda function to download and decrypt files from Amazon S3.These files are encrypted using AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) keys.A solutions architect needs to design a solution that will ensure the required permissions are set correctly.Which combination of actions accomplish this? (Choose two.)Read More →

A company that runs its application on AWS uses an Amazon Aurora DB cluster as its database.During peak usage hours when multiple users access and read the data, the monitoring system shows degradation of database performance for the write queries.The company wants to increase the scalability of the application to meet peak usage demands.Which solution will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?Read More →

A company’s solutions architect is designing an AWS multi-account solution that uses AWS Organizations.The solutions architect has organized the company’s accounts into organizational units (OUs).The solutions architect needs a solution that will identify any changes to the OU hierarchy.The solution also needs to notify the company’s operations team of any changes.Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?Read More →