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AWS SAA-C03 · Question 44 · Domain 3.1: Storage Performance
A database administrator is provisioning storage for a high-performance relational database on Amazon EC2. The database requires sustained performance of 64,000 IOPS. Which TWO Amazon EBS volume types can meet this requirement? (Select TWO.)
A database administrator is provisioning storage for a high-performance relational database on Amazon EC2. The database requires sustained performance of 64,000 IOPS. Which TWO Amazon EBS volume types can meet this requirement? (Select TWO.)
Answer options:
A.
General Purpose SSD (gp2)
B.
General Purpose SSD (gp3)
C.
Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1)
D.
Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2 Block Express)
E.
Throughput Optimized HDD (st1)
How to approach this question
Identify the EBS volume types designed for high IOPS.
Full Answer
io2 Block Express. io1.
Only Provisioned IOPS SSD volumes (io1 and io2) can support 64,000 IOPS. General Purpose SSDs (gp2/gp3) are limited to 16,000 IOPS.
Common mistakes
Thinking gp3 can scale to 64,000 IOPS.
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