SAP-C02 Design for New Solutions Practice Question
A company wants to migrate an on-premises Oracle database to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL. The migration must have minimal downtime. Which AWS service should be used for the migration?
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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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
AWS DMS supports ongoing replication to minimize downtime during migration.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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AWS Server Migration Service (SMS)
Why it's wrong here
SMS is for server migration, not databases.
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AWS DataSync
Why it's wrong here
DataSync is for file storage.
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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
Why this is correct
DMS supports continuous replication.
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AWS Snowball
Why it's wrong here
Snowball is for offline data transfer.
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