SAP-C02 Practice Question: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization
A company is migrating a batch processing workload to AWS. The workload runs nightly and takes approximately 2 hours on a single on-premises server. The company wants to reduce the processing time to under 30 minutes. Which THREE steps should the solutions architect recommend?
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Split the workload into smaller batches and run them in parallel on multiple EC2 instances.
Using a larger instance (compute optimized) can speed up processing. Parallel processing by splitting the workload across multiple EC2 instances reduces time. Using a distributed processing framework like AWS Batch with multiple compute environments enables parallel execution. EBS io2 volumes improve I/O but may not reduce time by 75%. Spot Instances can reduce cost but not processing time directly.
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Split the workload into smaller batches and run them in parallel on multiple EC2 instances.
Why this is correct
Parallel processing reduces overall time significantly.
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Use a larger, compute-optimized EC2 instance type.
Why this is correct
Larger instances provide more CPU and memory, reducing processing time.
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Use EBS io2 volumes with high IOPS for the instance.
Why it's wrong here
High IOPS may help if the workload is I/O bound, but the primary bottleneck is likely compute.
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Use EC2 Spot Instances to reduce cost.
Why it's wrong here
Spot Instances reduce cost but do not inherently reduce processing time.
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Use AWS Batch with multiple compute environments to orchestrate parallel processing.
Why this is correct
AWS Batch manages job scheduling and can run multiple jobs in parallel.
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