SAP-C02 Practice Question: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization
A company is migrating a critical application to AWS using the 7 Rs migration strategy. The application has a monolithic architecture and runs on a single large on-premises server. The business wants to reduce operational overhead but cannot afford any downtime. Which strategy should the solutions architect recommend?
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Rehost the application using AWS Application Migration Service
Rehost (lift-and-shift) moves the application as-is to minimize risk and downtime. Replatforming would require changes that could introduce downtime. Refactor/Re-architect would be too invasive. Retire is not applicable as the application is critical.
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Rehost the application using AWS Application Migration Service
Why this is correct
Correct: Lift-and-shift minimizes changes and downtime.
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Retire the application and replace it with a SaaS solution
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect: This is not a migration of the existing application.
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Replatform the application to use AWS managed services
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect: May involve changes that could cause downtime.
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Refactor / Re-architect the application into microservices
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect: Requires significant changes and potential downtime.
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