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AWS SAA-C03 · Question 51 · Domain 3.2: Compute Performance
A company is deploying a tightly coupled High Performance Computing (HPC) application on Amazon EC2. The application requires the lowest possible network latency and highest network throughput between instances. How should the instances be deployed?
A company is deploying a tightly coupled High Performance Computing (HPC) application on Amazon EC2. The application requires the lowest possible network latency and highest network throughput between instances. How should the instances be deployed?
Answer options:
A.
In a Spread Placement Group
B.
In a Partition Placement Group
C.
In a Cluster Placement Group
D.
Across multiple Availability Zones
How to approach this question
Match 'lowest latency' and 'tightly coupled' to the placement group type.
Full Answer
C.In a Cluster Placement Group✓ Correct
In a Cluster Placement Group
A cluster placement group is a logical grouping of instances within a single Availability Zone. It provides the lowest network latency and highest network throughput for tightly coupled node-to-node communication.
Common mistakes
Choosing Spread placement group, which does the exact opposite.
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