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SAA-C03 · Question #416

A company is developing software that uses a PostgreSQL database schema. The company needs to configure development environments and test environments for its developers. Each developer at the…

The correct answer is A. Configure development environments and test environments with their own Amazon Aurora. Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 provides cost-effective, on-demand, and auto-scaling database capacity. You pay only for actual usage, making it ideal for development and test environments that are not used continuously. It supports PostgreSQL and is suitable for variable and…

Submitted by wei.xz· Mar 4, 2026Design Cost-Optimized Architectures

Question

A company is developing software that uses a PostgreSQL database schema. The company needs to configure development environments and test environments for its developers. Each developer at the company uses their own development environment, which includes a PostgreSQL database. On average, each development environment is used for an 8-hour workday. The test environments will be used for load testing that can take up to 2 hours each day. Which solution will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

Options

  • AConfigure development environments and test environments with their own Amazon Aurora
  • BFor each development environment, configure an Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Single-AZ DB
  • CConfigure development environments and test environments with their own Amazon Aurora
  • DConfigure an Amazon Aurora global database. Allow developers to connect to the database with

How the community answered

(30 responses)
  • A
    57% (17)
  • B
    7% (2)
  • C
    27% (8)
  • D
    10% (3)

Explanation

Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 provides cost-effective, on-demand, and auto-scaling database capacity. You pay only for actual usage, making it ideal for development and test environments that are not used continuously. It supports PostgreSQL and is suitable for variable and short- duration workloads, minimizing costs when databases are idle.

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