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DBS-C01 · Question #87

A Database Specialist is setting up a new Amazon Aurora DB cluster with one primary instance and three Aurora Replicas for a highly intensive, business-critical application. The Aurora DB cluster…

The correct answer is C. Aurora will promote the largest-sized Aurora Replica. Priority: If you don't select a value, the default is tier-1. This priority determines the order in which https://docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/aurora-replicas- More than one Aurora Replica can share the same priority, resulting in promotion tiers. If…

Submitted by zhang_li· Mar 6, 2026Management and Operations

Question

A Database Specialist is setting up a new Amazon Aurora DB cluster with one primary instance and three Aurora Replicas for a highly intensive, business-critical application. The Aurora DB cluster has one medium-sized primary instance, one large-sized replica, and two medium sized replicas. The Database Specialist did not assign a promotion tier to the replicas. In the event of a primary failure, what will occur?

Options

  • AAurora will promote an Aurora Replica that is of the same size as the primary instance
  • BAurora will promote an arbitrary Aurora Replica
  • CAurora will promote the largest-sized Aurora Replica
  • DAurora will not promote an Aurora Replica

How the community answered

(19 responses)
  • C
    95% (18)
  • D
    5% (1)

Explanation

Priority: If you don't select a value, the default is tier-1. This priority determines the order in which https://docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/aurora-replicas- More than one Aurora Replica can share the same priority, resulting in promotion tiers. If two or more Aurora Replicas share the same priority, then Amazon RDS promotes the replica that is largest in size. If two or more Aurora Replicas share the same priority and size, then Amazon RDS promotes an arbitrary replica in the same promotion tier. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/Aurora.Managing.Backups.ht ml#Aurora.Managing.FaultTolerance If two or more Aurora Replicas share the same priority, then Amazon RDS promotes the replica that is largest in size. If two or more Aurora Replicas share the same priority and size, then Amazon RDS promotes an arbitrary replica in the same promotion tier. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/Concepts.AuroraHighAvailab

Topics

#Aurora failover#Aurora Replicas#Promotion tier#High availability

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