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SOA-C02 · Question #234

A company is running distributed computing software to manage a fleet of 20 Amazon EC2 instances for calculations. The fleet includes 2 control nodes and 18 task nodes to run the calculations…

The correct answer is A. Purchase EC2 Instance Savings Plans for the control nodes. E. Use Spot Instances for the task nodes. It asks for the most cost effective solution, EC2 instance savings plan is a better option than reserved instance. potential-savings

Submitted by alyssa_d· Mar 30, 2026Cost and Performance Optimization

Question

A company is running distributed computing software to manage a fleet of 20 Amazon EC2 instances for calculations. The fleet includes 2 control nodes and 18 task nodes to run the calculations. Control nodes can automatically start the task nodes. Currently, all the nodes run on demand. The control nodes must be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The task nodes run for 4 hours each day. A SysOps administrator needs to optimize the cost of this solution. Which combination of actions will meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

Options

  • APurchase EC2 Instance Savings Plans for the control nodes.
  • BUse Dedicated Hosts for the control nodes.
  • CUse Reserved Instances for the task nodes.
  • DUse Spot Instances for the control nodes.
  • EUse Spot Instances for the task nodes.

How the community answered

(23 responses)
  • A
    74% (17)
  • B
    13% (3)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    9% (2)

Explanation

It asks for the most cost effective solution, EC2 instance savings plan is a better option than reserved instance. potential-savings

Topics

#EC2 Savings Plans#Spot Instances#mixed pricing models#compute cost optimization

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