DBS-C01 Management and Operations Practice Question
Which TWO AWS services can be used to monitor and set alarms on Amazon RDS database performance metrics? (Choose two.)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Amazon RDS Enhanced Monitoring
CloudWatch monitors metrics and can set alarms; Enhanced Monitoring provides OS-level metrics. RDS Performance Insights is for performance analysis, not alarms.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Amazon RDS Performance Insights
Why it's wrong here
Performance Insights provides performance analysis but does not set alarms.
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AWS Trusted Advisor
Why it's wrong here
Trusted Advisor gives best practice checks, not real-time monitoring.
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Amazon RDS Enhanced Monitoring
Why this is correct
Enhanced Monitoring provides OS-level metrics, which are sent to CloudWatch.
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Amazon CloudWatch
Why this is correct
CloudWatch monitors RDS metrics and can trigger alarms.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail logs API calls, not performance metrics.
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