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DBS-C01 · Question #195

A database specialist is designing an application to answer one-time queries. The application will query complex customer data and provide reports to end users. These reports can include many…

The correct answer is D. Amazon Aurora in a serverless mode. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Limits.html#limits-items

Submitted by paula_co· Mar 6, 2026Workload-Specific Database Design

Question

A database specialist is designing an application to answer one-time queries. The application will query complex customer data and provide reports to end users. These reports can include many fields. The database specialist wants to give users the ability to query the database by using any of the provided fields. The database’s traffic volume will be high but variable during peak times. However, the database will not have much traffic at other times during the day. Which solution will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

Options

  • AAmazon DynamoDB with provisioned capacity mode and auto scaling
  • BAmazon DynamoDB with on-demand capacity mode
  • CAmazon Aurora with auto scaling enabled
  • DAmazon Aurora in a serverless mode

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    14% (5)
  • B
    6% (2)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    77% (27)

Explanation

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Limits.html#limits-items

Topics

#Aurora Serverless#Cost optimization#Variable workloads#Ad-hoc queries

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