SAP-C02 Practice Question: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization
A company is migrating a legacy on-premises application to AWS. The application currently runs on a Windows Server with a SQL Server database. The company wants to minimize changes to the application code. Which migration strategy should the company use?
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Rehost (lift-and-shift)
Rehosting (lift-and-shift) involves moving the application as-is to AWS, minimizing code changes. Replatforming (lift-and-resize) may involve some changes, but rehosting requires the least modification. Refactoring and rebuilding involve significant changes.
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Rehost (lift-and-shift)
Why this is correct
Correct. Rehosting moves the application to AWS with minimal changes.
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Refactor / re-architect
Why it's wrong here
Refactoring involves significant code changes to optimize for cloud-native services.
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Replatform (lift-and-resize)
Why it's wrong here
Replatforming may involve some changes, such as moving to Amazon RDS, which is more than minimal.
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Rebuild
Why it's wrong here
Rebuilding involves rewriting the application from scratch, which is the most change.
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Variation 1. A company is migrating a monolithic application to AWS. The application currently runs on a single on-premises server and uses a MySQL database. The company wants to minimize changes to the application code during migration. Which migration strategy should the company use?
easy- A.Refactor the application to use microservices and Amazon RDS.
- ✓ B.Rehost the application on Amazon EC2 and migrate the database to Amazon RDS.
- C.Replatform the application to use AWS Elastic Beanstalk and Amazon Aurora.
- D.Repurchase the application by adopting a SaaS solution.
Why B: Rehosting (lift-and-shift) involves moving applications to AWS with minimal changes, which fits the requirement to minimize code changes. Option A is wrong because refactoring requires code changes. Option C is wrong because replatforming involves some optimizations. Option D is wrong because repurchasing replaces the application with a SaaS product.
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