Question 1

A company is developing a new SaaS application. The database workload is highly unpredictable, with periods of zero activity followed by sudden, massive spikes in traffic. The company wants a relational database that scales compute capacity instantly to meet demand and scales down to save costs. Which TWO database options meet these requirements? (Select TWO.)

Accepted Answer

Identify the need for a 'relational database' that scales compute 'instantly'. This is Aurora Serverless (both MySQL and PostgreSQL flavors).

Question 2

What mistakes do candidates make on this AWS SAA-C03 question?

Accepted Answer

Choosing DynamoDB, missing the 'relational database' requirement. Choosing RDS Auto Scaling, which only scales storage.

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