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    PracticeAWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03)AWS SAA-C03 Practice Exam 4Question 45
    Medium1 markMultiple Choice
    Domain 4.3: Database Cost OptimizationCost OptimizationAuroraServerless

    AWS SAA-C03 · Question 45 · Domain 4.3: Database Cost Optimization

    A company has a development environment running on Amazon Aurora MySQL. The developers only use the database during business hours (9 AM to 5 PM, Monday to Friday). The company wants to minimize costs without losing data. <br/><br/>What should the solutions architect recommend?

    Answer options:

    A.

    Create a Lambda function to take a snapshot and delete the cluster at 5 PM, and another to restore it at 9 AM.

    B.

    Migrate the database to Amazon Aurora Serverless v2.

    C.

    Purchase Reserved Instances for the Aurora cluster.

    D.

    Use AWS Systems Manager to stop the Aurora cluster at 5 PM and start it at 9 AM.

    How to approach this question

    Identify the database service designed for intermittent or variable workloads.

    Full Answer

    B.Migrate the database to Amazon Aurora Serverless v2.✓ Correct
    Migrate the database to Amazon Aurora Serverless v2.
    Amazon Aurora Serverless is an on-demand, auto-scaling configuration for Amazon Aurora. It automatically starts up, shuts down, and scales capacity up or down based on your application's needs, making it perfect for dev environments used only during business hours.

    Common mistakes

    Choosing to delete and restore from snapshots, which is an operational nightmare.
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