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:

In a Spread Placement Group

In a Partition Placement Group

In a Cluster Placement Group

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

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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