SAP-C02 Practice Question: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization
A company is migrating a multi-tier web application to AWS. The application consists of a web tier, an application tier, and a database tier. The company wants to use AWS services to improve scalability and reduce management overhead. The web and application tiers run on Linux. The database is Oracle running on Linux. Which solution meets these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?
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Why each option matters
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Deploy the web and application tiers using AWS Elastic Beanstalk with an Auto Scaling group. Migrate the database to Amazon RDS for Oracle.
AWS Elastic Beanstalk automatically manages the capacity provisioning, load balancing, and scaling of the web and application tiers, significantly reducing management overhead. Amazon RDS for Oracle handles database administration tasks such as patching, backups, and replication. Option A (EC2 + Auto Scaling) requires manual configuration and management of EC2 instances, increasing operational overhead. Option B (ECS with Fargate) introduces containerization complexity that is not necessary for a straightforward migration and may require additional learning and orchestration. Option D (RDS Custom) provides more customization but at the cost of increased operational overhead compared to standard RDS. Therefore, Option C offers the least operational overhead.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Deploy web and application tiers on Amazon EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group. Migrate the database to an Amazon RDS for Oracle DB instance.
Why it's wrong here
EC2 instances require manual patching and management; more overhead than Elastic Beanstalk.
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Containerize the web and application tiers and deploy them on Amazon ECS with AWS Fargate. Migrate the database to Amazon RDS for Oracle.
Why it's wrong here
Containerization requires additional effort to containerize the application, increasing overhead.
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Deploy the web and application tiers using AWS Elastic Beanstalk with an Auto Scaling group. Migrate the database to Amazon RDS for Oracle.
Why this is correct
Elastic Beanstalk automates capacity provisioning, load balancing, and scaling, reducing operational overhead.
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Deploy web and application tiers on Amazon EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group. Migrate the database to Oracle on Amazon RDS Custom.
Why it's wrong here
RDS Custom requires more management than standard RDS; EC2 still has overhead.
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