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DBS-C01 · Question #343

A company runs online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads on an Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Multi-AZ DB instance. The company recently conducted tests on the database after business hours, and the…

The correct answer is B. Modify the rds.log_retention_period parameter to 1440. Wait up to 24 hours for database logs to. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Appendix.PostgreSQL.CommonDB ATasks.Parameters.html

Submitted by parkjh· Mar 6, 2026Management and Operations

Question

A company runs online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads on an Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Multi-AZ DB instance. The company recently conducted tests on the database after business hours, and the tests generated additional database logs. As a result, free storage of the DB instance is low and is expected to be exhausted in 2 days. The company wants to recover the free storage that the additional logs consumed. The solution must not result in downtime for the database. Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options

  • AModify the rds.log_retention_period parameter to 0. Reboot the DB instance to save the changes.
  • BModify the rds.log_retention_period parameter to 1440. Wait up to 24 hours for database logs to
  • CModify the temp_file_limit parameter to a smaller value to reclaim space on the DB instance.
  • DModify the rds.log_retention_period parameter to 1440. Reboot the DB instance to save the

How the community answered

(53 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    74% (39)
  • C
    15% (8)
  • D
    8% (4)

Explanation

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Appendix.PostgreSQL.CommonDB ATasks.Parameters.html

Topics

#RDS PostgreSQL#log retention#storage management#zero-downtime

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