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    PracticeAWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03)AWS SAA-C03 Practice Exam 4Question 22
    Medium1 markMultiple Choice
    Domain 2.1: Scalable ArchitecturesResilienceAuto ScalingALB

    AWS SAA-C03 · Question 22 · Domain 2.1: Scalable Architectures

    An application runs on Amazon EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The application experiences sudden, unpredictable spikes in traffic. The current step scaling policy is too slow to react, resulting in degraded performance during spikes. <br/><br/>Which Auto Scaling policy should the solutions architect implement to improve responsiveness?

    Answer options:

    A.

    Simple scaling policy based on CPU utilization

    B.

    Target tracking scaling policy based on ALB Request Count Per Target

    C.

    Scheduled scaling policy

    D.

    Predictive scaling policy

    How to approach this question

    Identify the scaling policy that reacts best to sudden load on an ALB.

    Full Answer

    B.Target tracking scaling policy based on ALB Request Count Per Target✓ Correct
    Target tracking scaling policy based on ALB Request Count Per Target
    Target tracking scaling policies increase or decrease the current capacity of the group based on a target value for a specific metric. For applications behind an ALB, `ALBRequestCountPerTarget` is an excellent metric to scale on because it directly measures the load on each instance.

    Common mistakes

    Choosing scheduled scaling for unpredictable traffic.
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