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    PracticeAWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03)AWS SAA-C03 Practice Exam 5Question 64
    Hard1 markMultiple Choice
    Domain 4.4: Network Cost OptimizationVPCData TransferCost Optimization

    AWS SAA-C03 · Question 64 · Domain 4.4: Network Cost Optimization

    A company has a multi-tier application. The web servers are in a public subnet in Availability Zone A, and the database is in a private subnet in Availability Zone B. The company notices high cross-AZ data transfer charges. How can they eliminate these cross-AZ data transfer costs while maintaining high availability?

    Answer options:

    A.

    Move the database to the public subnet in AZ A.

    B.

    Use a NAT Gateway in AZ A to route traffic to AZ B.

    C.

    Deploy web servers and read replicas in both AZ A and AZ B, and configure the application to prefer the local database.

    D.

    Enable VPC Peering between the subnets.

    How to approach this question

    Understand that cross-AZ traffic costs money. To avoid it, keep traffic local to the AZ.

    Full Answer

    C.Deploy web servers and read replicas in both AZ A and AZ B, and configure the application to prefer the local database.✓ Correct
    Data transfer between Availability Zones incurs charges. By deploying application stacks (web + db replica) in multiple AZs and configuring the app to read from the local AZ database, you eliminate cross-AZ data transfer costs while maintaining high availability.

    Common mistakes

    Moving everything to a single AZ, which sacrifices high availability.
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