SOA-C02 · Question #272
A company runs workloads on 90 Amazon EC2 instances in the eu-west-1 Region in an AWS account. In 2 months, the company will migrate the workloads from eu-west-1 to the eu-west-3 Region. The company…
The correct answer is D. Purchase a Compute Savings Plan. EC2 Instance Savings Plans provide the lowest prices, offering savings up to 72% (just like Standard RIs) in exchange for commitment to usage of individual instance families in a Region (for example, M5 usage in N. Virginia)…
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A company runs workloads on 90 Amazon EC2 instances in the eu-west-1 Region in an AWS account. In 2 months, the company will migrate the workloads from eu-west-1 to the eu-west-3 Region. The company needs to reduce the cost of the EC2 instances. The company is willing to make a 1-year commitment that will begin next week. The company must choose an EC2 instance purchasing option that will provide discounts for the 90 EC2 instances regardless of Region during the 1-year period. Which solution will meet these requirements?
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- APurchase EC2 Standard Reserved Instances.
- BPurchase an EC2 Instance Savings Plan.
- CPurchase EC2 Convertible Reserved Instances.
- DPurchase a Compute Savings Plan.
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(28 responses)- A4% (1)
- B4% (1)
- C7% (2)
- D86% (24)
Explanation
EC2 Instance Savings Plans provide the lowest prices, offering savings up to 72% (just like Standard RIs) in exchange for commitment to usage of individual instance families in a Region (for example, M5 usage in N. Virginia). https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/cost-optimization-reservation-models/savings-
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