AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional SAP-C02 — Topic 1 Question 130

Question

A solutions architect must analyze a company’s Amazon EC2 instances and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volumes to determine whether the company is using resources efficiently. The company is running several large, high-memory EC2 instances to host database clusters that are deployed in active/passive configurations. The utilization of these EC2 instances varies by the applications that use the databases, and the company has not identified a pattern. The solutions architect must analyze the environment and take action based on the findings. Which solution meets these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: C. The correct answer is C. Option C: Install the Amazon CloudWatch agent on each of the EC2 instances. Turn on AWS Compute Optimizer, and let it run for at least 12 hours. Review the recommendations from Compute Optimizer, and rightsize the EC2 instances... Amazon EC2 provides resizable virtual servers when you need full control of the operating system. Amazon CloudWatch collects metrics, logs and alarms to monitor and react to operational health. AWS Compute Optimizer recommends right-sizing based on utilization. This option delivers the requirement at the lowest cost.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional SAP-C02 — Question 130