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SAA-C03 · Question #262

A company has launched an Amazon RDS for MySQL DB instance. Most of the connections to the database come from serverless applications. Application traffic to the database changes significantly at…

The correct answer is A. Create a proxy in RDS Proxy. Configure the users' applications to use the DB instance through. Amazon RDS Proxy is designed to manage a large number of database connections from applications, especially serverless applications that can scale quickly. It improves application availability and scalability by pooling and sharing established database connections. This reduces…

Submitted by sofia.br· Mar 4, 2026Design High-Performing Architectures

Question

A company has launched an Amazon RDS for MySQL DB instance. Most of the connections to the database come from serverless applications. Application traffic to the database changes significantly at random intervals. At times of high demand, users report that their applications experience database connection rejection errors. Which solution will resolve this issue with the LEAST operational overhead?

Options

  • ACreate a proxy in RDS Proxy. Configure the users' applications to use the DB instance through
  • BDeploy Amazon ElastiCache (Memcached) between the users' applications and the DB instance.
  • CMigrate the DB instance to a different instance class that has higher I/O capacity. Configure the
  • DConfigure Multi-AZ for the DB instance. Configure the users' applications to switch between the

How the community answered

(42 responses)
  • A
    81% (34)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    12% (5)
  • D
    5% (2)

Explanation

Amazon RDS Proxy is designed to manage a large number of database connections from applications, especially serverless applications that can scale quickly. It improves application availability and scalability by pooling and sharing established database connections. This reduces the overhead of database connections and prevents overload during traffic spikes.

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