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SAA-C03 · Question #644

SAA-C03 Question #644: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is B: Create an Amazon RDS for MySQL Multi-AZ DB instance. Use a MySQL native backup that is. Migrating the database to Amazon RDS for MySQL with Multi-AZ provides automated, synchronous replication to a standby instance in another Availability Zone, along with automatic failover. This minimizes both data loss (low RPO) and downtime (low RTO) without requiring you to mana

Submitted by andreas_gr· Mar 4, 2026Design Resilient Architectures

Question

A company has a web application with a database tier that consists of an Amazon EC2 instance that runs MySQL. A solutions architect needs to minimize potential data loss and the time that is required to recover in the event of a database failure. What is the MOST operationally efficient solution that meets these requirements?

Options

  • ACreate an Amazon CloudWatch alarm for the StatusCheckFailed_System metric to invoke an
  • BCreate an Amazon RDS for MySQL Multi-AZ DB instance. Use a MySQL native backup that is
  • CCreate an Amazon RDS for MySQL Single-AZ DB instance with a read replica. Use a MySQL
  • DUse Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager to take a snapshot of the Amazon Elastic Block Store

Explanation

Migrating the database to Amazon RDS for MySQL with Multi-AZ provides automated, synchronous replication to a standby instance in another Availability Zone, along with automatic failover. This minimizes both data loss (low RPO) and downtime (low RTO) without requiring you to manage replication, failover logic, or infrastructure yourself. This is more operationally efficient and resilient than managing EC2 + EBS snapshots or a single-AZ RDS instance with manual

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