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SOA-C02 · Question #524

SOA-C02 Question #524: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is A: Use a Spot Fleet with an On-Demand capacity of 6 instances.. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling allocates your Spot Instances from the N number of pools per Availability Zone that you specify and from the Spot Instance pools with the lowest price in each Availability Zone. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-mixed-i

Submitted by haru.x· Mar 30, 2026

Question

A company has a stateless application that is hosted on a fleet of 10 Amazon EC2 On-Demand Instances in an Auto Scaling group. A minimum of 6 instances are needed to meet service requirements. Which action will maintain uptime for the application MOST cost-effectively?

Options

  • AUse a Spot Fleet with an On-Demand capacity of 6 instances.
  • BUpdate the Auto Scaling group with a minimum of 6 On-Demand Instances and a maximum of 10
  • CUpdate the Auto Scaling group with a minimum of 1 On-Demand Instance and a maximum of 6
  • DUse a Spot Fleet with a target capacity of 6 instances.

Explanation

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling allocates your Spot Instances from the N number of pools per Availability Zone that you specify and from the Spot Instance pools with the lowest price in each Availability Zone. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-mixed-instances-

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