SAP-C02 Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions Practice Question
A company is migrating a legacy application to AWS. The application requires a relational database with high availability and automated backups. Which TWO AWS services should the company consider? (Choose two.)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Amazon RDS with Multi-AZ deployment
Options B and E are correct. Option B: Amazon RDS with Multi-AZ deployment provides high availability through automatic failover to a standby instance and automated backups. Option E: Amazon Aurora is a relational database engine compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL, offering built-in high availability, automated backups, and fault tolerance. Option A is incorrect because Amazon Redshift is a data warehouse, not a relational database for transactional workloads. Option C is incorrect because Amazon ElastiCache is an in-memory caching service, not a relational database. Option D is incorrect because Amazon DynamoDB is a NoSQL database, not relational.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Amazon Redshift
Why it's wrong here
Redshift is a data warehouse, not a transactional database.
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Amazon RDS with Multi-AZ deployment
Why this is correct
Provides high availability and automated backups.
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Amazon ElastiCache
Why it's wrong here
ElastiCache is for caching, not a primary database.
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Amazon DynamoDB
Why it's wrong here
DynamoDB is NoSQL, not relational.
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Amazon Aurora
Why this is correct
Aurora is relational with high availability and backups.
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