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SAA-C03 · Question #798

A solutions architect must design a database solution for a high-traffic ecommerce web application. The database stores customer profiles and shopping cart information. The database must support a…

The correct answer is B. Amazon DynamoDB. Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database that can handle millions of requests per second with single-digit millisecond latency. It scales automatically, requires minimal operational overhead, and is ideal for high-traffic, low-latency workloads like customer profiles…

Submitted by rachelw· Mar 4, 2026Design High-Performing Architectures

Question

A solutions architect must design a database solution for a high-traffic ecommerce web application. The database stores customer profiles and shopping cart information. The database must support a peak load of several million requests each second and deliver responses in milliseconds. The operational overhead for managing and scaling the database must be minimized. Which database solution should the solutions architect recommend?

Options

  • AAmazon Aurora
  • BAmazon DynamoDB
  • CAmazon RDS
  • DAmazon Redshift

How the community answered

(22 responses)
  • A
    5% (1)
  • B
    73% (16)
  • C
    9% (2)
  • D
    14% (3)

Explanation

Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database that can handle millions of requests per second with single-digit millisecond latency. It scales automatically, requires minimal operational overhead, and is ideal for high-traffic, low-latency workloads like customer profiles and shopping

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