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    PracticeAWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03)AWS SAA-C03 Practice Exam 3Question 60
    Hard1 markMultiple Choice
    Domain 4.4: Network Cost OptimizationDomain 4NAT GatewayVPC

    AWS SAA-C03 · Question 60 · Domain 4.4: Network Cost Optimization

    A company has a multi-tier application deployed across three Availability Zones. They have a NAT Gateway in each AZ for high availability. To reduce costs, they want to consolidate to a single NAT Gateway while maintaining internet access for all private subnets. Which TWO actions must be taken? (Select TWO.)

    Answer options:

    A.

    Delete the NAT Gateways in two of the Availability Zones.

    B.

    Update the route tables for all private subnets to point to the remaining NAT Gateway.

    C.

    Move all EC2 instances into the single Availability Zone with the NAT Gateway.

    D.

    Create a Transit Gateway to route traffic between the AZs.

    E.

    Attach an Elastic IP to each EC2 instance in the private subnets.

    How to approach this question

    Understand that a NAT Gateway in one AZ can serve private subnets in other AZs via route table updates.

    Full Answer

    To reduce costs, you can use a single NAT Gateway in one AZ. You must delete the extra NAT Gateways and update the route tables of the private subnets in the other AZs to point their default route (0.0.0.0/0) to the single remaining NAT Gateway. Note: This sacrifices some high availability.

    Common mistakes

    Thinking a NAT Gateway can only serve the AZ it resides in.
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