Solutions Architect Associate (Page 64)

A company is hosting an election reporting website on AWS for users around the world.The website uses Amazon EC2 instances for the web and application tiers in an Auto Scaling group with Application Load Balancers.The database tier uses an Amazon RDS for MySQL database.The website is updated with election results once an hour and has historically observed hundreds of users accessing the reports.The company is expecting a significant increase in demand because of upcoming elections in different countries.A solutions architect must improve the website’s ability to handle additional demand while minimizing the need for additional EC2 instances.Which solution will meet these requirements?Read More →

A company provides a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service that uses UDP connections.The service consists of Amazon EC2 instances that run in an Auto Scaling group.The company has deployments across multiple AWS Regions.The company needs to route users to the Region with the lowest latency.The company also needs automated failover between Regions.Which solution will meet these requirements?Read More →

A company has a large Microsoft SharePoint deployment running on-premises that requires Microsoft Windows shared file storage.The company wants to migrate this workload to the AWS Cloud and is considering various storage options.The storage solution must be highly available and integrated with ActiveDirectory for access control.Which solution will satisfy these requirements?Read More →

A development team runs monthly resource-intensive tests on its general purpose Amazon RDS for MySQL DB instance with Performance Insights enabled.The testing lasts for 48 hours once a month and is the only process that uses the database.The team wants to reduce the cost of running the tests without reducing the compute and memory attributes of the DB instance.Which solution meets these requirements MOST cost-effectively?Read More →

A company is planning to use an Amazon DynamoDB table for data storage.The company is concerned about cost optimization.The table will not be used on most mornings in the evenings, the read and write traffic will often be unpredictable.When traffic spikes occur they will happen very quickly.What should a solutions architect recommend?Read More →

A company’s compliance team needs to move its file shares to AWS.The shares run on a Windows Server SMB file share.A self-managed on-premises Active Directory controls access to the files and folders.The company wants to use Amazon FSx for Windows File Server as part of the solution.The company must ensure that the on-premises Active Directory groups restrict access to the FSx for Windows File Server SMB compliance shares, folders, and files after the move to AWS.The company has created an FSx for Windows File Server file system.Which solution will meet these requirements?Read More →

A company runs an application on a large fleet of Amazon EC2 instances.The application reads and write entries into an Amazon DynamoDB table.The size of the DynamoDB table continuously grows, but the application needs only data from the last 30 days.The company needs a solution that minimizes cost and development effort.Which solution meets these requirements?Read More →

A company has primary and secondary data centers that are 500 miles (804.7 km) apart and interconnected with high-speed fiber-optic cable.The company needs a highly available and secure network connection between its data centers and a VPC on AWS for a mission-critical workload.A solutions architect must choose a connection solution that provides maximum resiliency.Which solution meets these requirements?Read More →

The customers of a finance company request appointments with financial advisors by sending text messages.A web application that runs on Amazon EC2 instances accepts the appointment requests.The text messages are published to an Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) queue through the web application.Another application that runs on EC2 instances then sends meeting invitations and meeting confirmation email messages to the customers.After successful scheduling, this application stores the meeting information in an Amazon DynamoDB database.As the company expands, customers report that their meeting invitations are taking longer to arrive.What should a solutions architect recommend to resolve this issue?Read More →

A company creates operations data and stores the data in an Amazon S3 bucket.For the company’s annual audit, an external consultant needs to access an annual report that is stored in the S3 bucket.The external consultant needs to access the report for 7 days.The company must implement a solution to allow the external consultant access to only the report.Which solution will meet these requirements with the MOST operational efficiency?Read More →