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SOA-C02 · Question #701

A company needs to optimize costs for its Amazon RDS DB instances. The company currently runs more than 20 RDS DB instances and suspects that some databases are rarely used. Some of the RDS DB…

The correct answer is A. Use AWS Compute Optimizer to identify the underutilized and overutilized RDS DB instances. AWS Compute Optimizer natively analyzes Amazon RDS metrics (CPU, memory, throughput, connections) to flag both under‐ and overutilized DB instances and recommends optimal instance classes and sizes, directly satisfying the rightsizing need.

Submitted by takeshi77· Mar 30, 2026Cost and Performance Optimization

Question

A company needs to optimize costs for its Amazon RDS DB instances. The company currently runs more than 20 RDS DB instances and suspects that some databases are rarely used. Some of the RDS DB instances are performing slowly because of high CPU utilization. A SysOps administrator needs to provide rightsizing recommendations. Which solution will meet this requirement?

Options

  • AUse AWS Compute Optimizer to identify the underutilized and overutilized RDS DB instances.
  • BUse AWS Config to identify the underutilized and overutilized RDS DB instances. Use AWS
  • CUse AWS Cost and Usage reports to identify the underutilized and overutilized RDS DB instances.
  • DUse Amazon CloudWatch metrics to identify the underutilized and overutilized RDS DB instances.

How the community answered

(41 responses)
  • A
    73% (30)
  • B
    17% (7)
  • C
    7% (3)
  • D
    2% (1)

Explanation

AWS Compute Optimizer natively analyzes Amazon RDS metrics (CPU, memory, throughput, connections) to flag both under‐ and overutilized DB instances and recommends optimal instance classes and sizes, directly satisfying the rightsizing need.

Topics

#Compute Optimizer#RDS rightsizing#underutilized resources#cost optimization

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