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SAA-C03 · Question #107

A company is deploying a new gaming application on Amazon EC2 instances. The gaming application needs to have access to shared storage. The company requires a high-performance solution to give the…

The correct answer is D. Create an Amazon FSx for Lustre file system. Connect the EC2 instances that host the. Amazon FSx for Lustreis a high-performance, fully managed file system that is ideal for applications requiring low-latency access to shared storage, especially in use cases like gaming where high throughput and low latency are essential. It integrates easily with EC2 instances…

Submitted by haruto_sh· Mar 4, 2026Design High-Performing Architectures

Question

A company is deploying a new gaming application on Amazon EC2 instances. The gaming application needs to have access to shared storage. The company requires a high-performance solution to give the application the ability to use an existing custom protocol to access shared storage. The solution must ensure low latency and must be operationally efficient. Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options

  • ACreate an Amazon FSx File Gateway. Create a file share that uses the existing custom protocol.
  • BCreate an Amazon EC2 Windows instance. Install and configure a Windows file share role on the
  • CCreate an Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) file system. Configure the file system to
  • DCreate an Amazon FSx for Lustre file system. Connect the EC2 instances that host the

How the community answered

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  • A
    5% (2)
  • B
    5% (2)
  • C
    16% (6)
  • D
    74% (28)

Explanation

Amazon FSx for Lustreis a high-performance, fully managed file system that is ideal for applications requiring low-latency access to shared storage, especially in use cases like gaming where high throughput and low latency are essential. It integrates easily with EC2 instances, providing fast and scalable shared storage, and supports custom protocols for specific application Option A (FSx File Gateway): FSx File Gateway is designed for hybrid cloud storage and is not suited for high-performance gaming workloads. Option B (EC2 Windows instance): Setting up a file share on a Windows instance would introduce additional administrative overhead and would not provide the necessary performance. Option C (EFS with Lustre): While Lustre is integrated with FSx, EFS does not natively support

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