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DBS-C01 · Question #200

Application developers have reported that an application is running slower as more users are added. The application database is running on an Amazon Aurora DB cluster with an Aurora Replica. The appli

The correct answer is C. Modify a replica to a larger instance size that has more CPU capacity. Then, promote the. Minimal downtime - operations first on replica and then promotion.

Submitted by eva_at· Mar 6, 2026Monitoring and Troubleshooting

Question

Application developers have reported that an application is running slower as more users are added. The application database is running on an Amazon Aurora DB cluster with an Aurora Replica. The application is written to take advantage of read scaling through reader endpoints. A database specialist looks at the performance metrics of the database and determines that, as new users were added to the database, the primary instance CPU utilization steadily increased while the Aurora Replica CPU utilization remained steady. How can the database specialist improve database performance while ensuring minimal downtime?

Options

  • AModify the Aurora DB cluster to add more replicas until the overall load stabilizes. Then, reduce
  • BModify the primary instance to a larger instance size that offers more CPU capacity.
  • CModify a replica to a larger instance size that has more CPU capacity. Then, promote the
  • DRestore the Aurora DB cluster to one that has an instance size with more CPU capacity. Then,

How the community answered

(33 responses)
  • A
    6% (2)
  • B
    15% (5)
  • C
    76% (25)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

Minimal downtime - operations first on replica and then promotion.

Topics

#Aurora DB cluster#CPU utilization#Performance tuning#Instance scaling#Read/write separation

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