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SAA-C03 · Question #765

A company has concerns about its Amazon RDS database. The workload is unpredictable, and periodic floods of new user registrations can cause the company to run out of storage. The database runs on a…

The correct answer is A. Enable RDS storage autoscaling. RDS storage autoscaling automatically increases the allocated storage when the database approaches its storage limit. This handles unpredictable workloads and sudden spikes in data without manual intervention, ensuring continuous availability and minimizing operational

Submitted by jordan8· Mar 4, 2026Design Resilient Architectures

Question

A company has concerns about its Amazon RDS database. The workload is unpredictable, and periodic floods of new user registrations can cause the company to run out of storage. The database runs on a general purpose instance with 300 GiB of storage. What should a solutions architect recommend to the company?

Options

  • AEnable RDS storage autoscaling.
  • BSchedule vertical instance scaling.
  • CChange to a storage optimized instance type and vertically scale the database.
  • DConfigure an AWS Lambda function to increase RDS storage by 1 GiB when storage space is

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  • B
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  • C
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Explanation

RDS storage autoscaling automatically increases the allocated storage when the database approaches its storage limit. This handles unpredictable workloads and sudden spikes in data without manual intervention, ensuring continuous availability and minimizing operational

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