Question 150
An organization has a stable baseline of EC2 usage expected to continue for a year or longer. Which high-level AWS choice is MOST suitable for the business need?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Evaluate appropriate Reserved Instances for eligible steady workloads. This choice addresses the specific business requirement: Reserved Instance pricing can provide a commitment-based discount for qualifying instance usage. A clear way to confirm success is: A cost comparison shows a qualifying stable EC2 instance reservation matches its required instance attributes and term to receive the intended discount. To sustain the result: Review scope, family and term before making an RI commitment.
Incorrect Answers
Capacity Reservations reserve supported instance capacity without being equivalent to an RI discount. In this question, however, reserved Instance pricing can provide a commitment-based discount for qualifying instance usage. The answer that meets the requirement is: Evaluate appropriate Reserved Instances for eligible steady workloads.
Data transfer in and out and between locations can have different charging rules. In this question, however, reserved Instance pricing can provide a commitment-based discount for qualifying instance usage. The answer that meets the requirement is: Evaluate appropriate Reserved Instances for eligible steady workloads.
S3 tiers differ in storage pricing, access costs and retrieval characteristics. In this question, however, reserved Instance pricing can provide a commitment-based discount for qualifying instance usage. The answer that meets the requirement is: Evaluate appropriate Reserved Instances for eligible steady workloads.