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SOA-C02 · Question #457

An application team uses an Amazon Aurora MySQL DB cluster with one Aurora Replica. The application team notices that the application read performance degrades when user connections exceed 200. The…

The correct answer is C. Create an auto scaling policy with a target metric of 195 DatabaseConnections. Aurora Auto Scaling "Policy details:" (*) "Average connections of Aurora Replicas", "Target

Submitted by yasin.bd· Mar 30, 2026Reliability and Business Continuity

Question

An application team uses an Amazon Aurora MySQL DB cluster with one Aurora Replica. The application team notices that the application read performance degrades when user connections exceed 200. The number of user connections is typically consistent around 180, with occasional sudden increases above 200 connections. The application team wants the application to automatically scale as user demand increases or decreases. Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options

  • AMigrate to a new Aurora multi-master DB cluster. Modify the application database connection
  • BModify the DB cluster by changing to serverless mode whenever user connections exceed 200.
  • CCreate an auto scaling policy with a target metric of 195 DatabaseConnections.
  • DModify the DB cluster by increasing the Aurora Replica instance size.

How the community answered

(29 responses)
  • A
    7% (2)
  • B
    10% (3)
  • C
    79% (23)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

Aurora Auto Scaling "Policy details:" (*) "Average connections of Aurora Replicas", "Target

Topics

#Aurora Auto Scaling#DatabaseConnections metric#read replicas#Aurora MySQL

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