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SAA-C03 · Question #789

A database is on an Amazon RDS MySQL 5.6 Multi-AZ DB instance that experiences highly dynamic reads. Application developers notice a significant slowdown when testing read performance from a…

The correct answer is B. Migrate the database to Amazon Aurora with cross-Region replicas. Amazon Aurora supports cross-Region read replicas with typical replication latency under 1 second, providing near-real-time reads for applications in a secondary Region. Migrating to Aurora allows the database to handle highly dynamic read workloads efficiently, which standard…

Submitted by luis.pe· Mar 4, 2026Design High-Performing Architectures

Question

A database is on an Amazon RDS MySQL 5.6 Multi-AZ DB instance that experiences highly dynamic reads. Application developers notice a significant slowdown when testing read performance from a secondary AWS Region. The developers want a solution that provides less than 1 second of read replication latency. What should the solutions architect recommend?

Options

  • AInstall MySQL on Amazon EC2 in the secondary Region.
  • BMigrate the database to Amazon Aurora with cross-Region replicas.
  • CCreate another RDS for MySQL read replica in the secondary Region.
  • DImplement Amazon ElastiCache to improve database query performance.

How the community answered

(40 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    85% (34)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    10% (4)

Explanation

Amazon Aurora supports cross-Region read replicas with typical replication latency under 1 second, providing near-real-time reads for applications in a secondary Region. Migrating to Aurora allows the database to handle highly dynamic read workloads efficiently, which standard RDS MySQL cross-Region read replicas may not achieve due to higher replication latency.

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