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CLF-C02 · Question #256

A company wants to update its online data processing application by implementing container- based services that run for 4 hours at a time. The company does not want to provision or manage server…

The correct answer is B. AWS Fargate. AWS Fargate (B) is the right choice because it is a serverless compute engine for containers - you define your container workload and Fargate handles the underlying infrastructure, with no limits on task duration (supports the 4-hour runtime requirement). Why the others are…

Submitted by neha2k· Mar 6, 2026Cloud Technology and Services

Question

A company wants to update its online data processing application by implementing container- based services that run for 4 hours at a time. The company does not want to provision or manage server instances. Which AWS service will meet these requirements?

Options

  • AAWS Lambda
  • BAWS Fargate
  • CAmazon EC2
  • DAWS Elastic Beanstalk

How the community answered

(60 responses)
  • A
    7% (4)
  • B
    78% (47)
  • C
    3% (2)
  • D
    12% (7)

Explanation

AWS Fargate (B) is the right choice because it is a serverless compute engine for containers - you define your container workload and Fargate handles the underlying infrastructure, with no limits on task duration (supports the 4-hour runtime requirement).

Why the others are wrong:

  • A. AWS Lambda - serverless but limited to a maximum 15-minute execution timeout, making it unsuitable for 4-hour tasks.
  • C. Amazon EC2 - requires you to provision and manage virtual server instances directly, violating the "no server management" requirement.
  • D. AWS Elastic Beanstalk - abstracts some infrastructure management but still provisions and manages EC2 instances under the hood; it is not truly serverless.

Memory tip: Think "Fargate = serverless containers, Lambda = serverless functions." When a question mentions containers + no server management, Fargate wins. When it mentions functions/code snippets with short runtimes, Lambda wins.

Topics

#AWS Fargate#Containerization#Serverless computing#Compute services

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