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SAA-C03 · Question #282

A company is migrating a production environment application to the AWS Cloud. The company uses Amazon RDS for Oracle for the database layer. The company needs to configure thedatabase to meet the…

The correct answer is B. Configure the RDS for Oracle database to use the Provisioned IOPS SSD storage type. Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1 or io2) is designed for I/O-intensive workloads that require low latency and consistent throughput, which is critical for transactional and production databases. It provides predictable performance, unlike General Purpose SSD, which is burst-based.

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

Question

A company is migrating a production environment application to the AWS Cloud. The company uses Amazon RDS for Oracle for the database layer. The company needs to configure thedatabase to meet the needs of high I/O intensive workloads that require low latency and consistent throughput. The database workloads are read intensive and write intensive. Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options

  • AUse a Multi-AZ DB instance deployment for the RDS for Oracle database.
  • BConfigure the RDS for Oracle database to use the Provisioned IOPS SSD storage type.
  • CConfigure the RDS for Oracle database to use the General Purpose SSD storage type.
  • DEnable RDS read replicas for RDS for Oracle.

How the community answered

(34 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    82% (28)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    12% (4)

Explanation

Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1 or io2) is designed for I/O-intensive workloads that require low latency and consistent throughput, which is critical for transactional and production databases. It provides predictable performance, unlike General Purpose SSD, which is burst-based.

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