nerdexam
Amazon

DBS-C01 · Question #102

A small startup company is looking to migrate a 4 TB on-premises MySQL database to AWS using an Amazon RDS for MySQL DB instance. Which strategy would allow for a successful migration with the LEAST…

The correct answer is D. Deploy a new RDS for MySQL DB instance and configure it for access from the on-premises data. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/MySQL.Procedural.Importing.NonR https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/MySQL.Procedural.Importing.Exter

Submitted by jakub_pl· Mar 6, 2026Deployment and Migration

Question

A small startup company is looking to migrate a 4 TB on-premises MySQL database to AWS using an Amazon RDS for MySQL DB instance. Which strategy would allow for a successful migration with the LEAST amount of downtime?

Options

  • ADeploy a new RDS for MySQL DB instance and configure it for access from the on-premises data
  • BDeploy a new Amazon EC2 instance, install the MySQL software on the EC2 instance, and
  • CDeploy a new Amazon EC2 instance, install the MySQL software on the EC2 instance, and
  • DDeploy a new RDS for MySQL DB instance and configure it for access from the on-premises data

How the community answered

(39 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    18% (7)
  • C
    8% (3)
  • D
    72% (28)

Explanation

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/MySQL.Procedural.Importing.NonR https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/MySQL.Procedural.Importing.Exter

Topics

#On-premises migration#RDS for MySQL#MySQL migration#Least downtime migration

Community Discussion

No community discussion yet for this question.

Sign up to join the discussion
Full DBS-C01 Practice