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SAA-C03 · Question #386

A company is using Amazon DocumentDB global clusters to support an ecommerce application. The application serves customers across multiple AWS Regions. To ensure business continuity, the company…

The correct answer is B. Perform a managed failover to a secondary Region when needed. Amazon DocumentDB global clusters support managed cross-region failover, allowing you to promote a secondary region to become the new primary with minimal downtime. This ensures business continuity during maintenance or regional disruptions.

Submitted by omar99· Mar 4, 2026Design Resilient Architectures

Question

A company is using Amazon DocumentDB global clusters to support an ecommerce application. The application serves customers across multiple AWS Regions. To ensure business continuity, the company needs a solution to minimize downtime during maintenance windows or other disruptions. Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options

  • ARegularly create manual snapshots of the DocumentDB instance in the primary Region.
  • BPerform a managed failover to a secondary Region when needed.
  • CPerform a failover to a replica DocumentDB instance within the primary Region.
  • DConfigure increased replication lag to manage cross-Region replication.

How the community answered

(34 responses)
  • A
    12% (4)
  • B
    79% (27)
  • C
    6% (2)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

Amazon DocumentDB global clusters support managed cross-region failover, allowing you to promote a secondary region to become the new primary with minimal downtime. This ensures business continuity during maintenance or regional disruptions.

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