During a migration, a company must ensure that personal data remains within a specific geographic region to comply with data residency requirements. Which AWS feature should be used to meet this requirement?

Selecting an AWS Region that matches the required geographic location

Using Amazon CloudFront with a global edge network

A company runs a critical application on 10 on-premises servers. The application has predictable, steady-state usage. The CFO wants to minimize the total cost of ownership (TCO) over the next 3 years. The CTO wants to avoid long-term commitments in case the application is retired. The migration team has determined that the application can be rehosted to Amazon EC2. Which purchasing option best balances the CFO's cost goal and the CTO's flexibility concern?

Purchase 1-year No Upfront Reserved Instances for all 10 servers.

Purchase 1-year All Upfront Reserved Instances for the base capacity and use On-Demand for any overflow.

Use On-Demand Instances for all 10 servers.

Purchase 3-year All Upfront Reserved Instances for all 10 servers.

A company is migrating a large on-premises data warehouse (50 TB) to Amazon Redshift. The company has a 1 Gbps AWS Direct Connect connection and wants to minimize the time and cost of the initial data load. Which approach should the team use?

Use AWS Snowball Edge to transfer the data to Amazon S3, then load it into Redshift.

Use AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) to continuously replicate the data.

Use AWS DataSync to transfer the data directly to Redshift.

Use AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) to replicate the data warehouse servers.

A company is planning to migrate a critical application to AWS. The application has a service-level agreement (SLA) that requires 99.99% availability. The migration team is considering a rehosting strategy using a single EC2 instance. What should the team do to meet the SLA?

Use a larger EC2 instance type to reduce the risk of hardware failure.

Enable detailed monitoring on the EC2 instance to detect failures faster.

Use a single EC2 instance with a larger EBS volume for better durability.

Deploy the application across two EC2 instances in different Availability Zones and use an Application Load Balancer.

A solutions architect is evaluating an existing on-premises workload to determine the most suitable migration strategy. Which set of factors should the architect primarily consider during this assessment?

Only operational factors such as team skills and change management processes

Only financial factors such as licensing costs and hardware depreciation

Business, technical, and operational factors

Only technical factors such as server specifications and database versions

AWSCertified Solutions Architect - Professional

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1foundation · easy
During a migration, a company must ensure that personal data remains within a specific geographic region to comply with data residency requirements. Which AWS feature should be used to meet this requirement?
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2expert · hard
A company runs a critical application on 10 on-premises servers. The application has predictable, steady-state usage. The CFO wants to minimize the total cost of ownership (TCO) over the next 3 years. The CTO wants to avoid long-term commitments in case the application is retired. The migration team has determined that the application can be rehosted to Amazon EC2. Which purchasing option best balances the CFO's cost goal and the CTO's flexibility concern?
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3application · medium
A company is migrating a large on-premises data warehouse (50 TB) to Amazon Redshift. The company has a 1 Gbps AWS Direct Connect connection and wants to minimize the time and cost of the initial data load. Which approach should the team use?
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4expert · hard
A company is planning to migrate a critical application to AWS. The application has a service-level agreement (SLA) that requires 99.99% availability. The migration team is considering a rehosting strategy using a single EC2 instance. What should the team do to meet the SLA?
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5foundation · easy
A solutions architect is evaluating an existing on-premises workload to determine the most suitable migration strategy. Which set of factors should the architect primarily consider during this assessment?
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