CLO-002 · Question #425
A business analyst is examining a report and notices compute costs are very high for four cloud- based, load-balanced virtual machines hosting an application. The application will be in use for at…
The correct answer is D. Switch the virtual machines to reserved instances. Because there's a guarantee that the app is going to be used for 2 more years, it's better to have a reserved instance to save money, because you have to prepay a reserved instance but it would probably be with a good price/discount.
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A business analyst is examining a report and notices compute costs are very high for four cloud- based, load-balanced virtual machines hosting an application. The application will be in use for at least two more years, but there are no developers available to help optimize it. Which of the following should the analyst recommend to BEST reduce costs without impacting performance?
Options
- ADecommission a virtual machine.
- BChange to a pay-as-you-go plan.
- CConvert the application to a SaaS solution.
- DSwitch the virtual machines to reserved instances.
How the community answered
(56 responses)- A4% (2)
- B5% (3)
- C11% (6)
- D80% (45)
Explanation
Because there's a guarantee that the app is going to be used for 2 more years, it's better to have a reserved instance to save money, because you have to prepay a reserved instance but it would probably be with a good price/discount.
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