A company has hundreds of underutilized Amazon EBS volumes. They want to identify these volumes and automatically snapshot and delete them to optimize costs. Which service combination should be used?

Answer options:

A.

AWS Cost Explorer to identify the volumes, and AWS Lambda to delete them.

B.

AWS Trusted Advisor to identify the volumes, and AWS Systems Manager Automation to snapshot and delete them.

C.

Amazon CloudWatch billing alarms to identify the volumes, and AWS Backup to delete them.

D.

AWS Compute Optimizer to identify the volumes, and AWS CloudFormation to delete them.

How to approach this question

Identify the service that provides cost optimization checks (Trusted Advisor) and the automation engine (SSM).

Full Answer

B.AWS Trusted Advisor to identify the volumes, and AWS Systems Manager Automation to snapshot and delete them.✓ Correct

AWS Trusted Advisor checks for unattached or underutilized EBS volumes. Systems Manager Automation can be triggered to handle the snapshot and deletion process safely.

Common mistakes

Confusing Cost Explorer's capabilities with Trusted Advisor's specific resource checks.

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