Question 560
For the enterprise requirement "Operations retains detached EBS volumes after instance termination and pays for unused storage for months", the team implemented this change: Inventory unattached EBS volumes and delete or archive approved volumes after snapshot and ownership checks. Which observation should be required before the change is approved?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This measures the behavior required by the specific solution, rather than simply checking that it was configured. EBS storage billing continues for allocated volumes until they are deleted or otherwise changed. The acceptance condition is linked directly to the scenario: Operations retains detached EBS volumes after instance termination and pays for unused storage for months.
Incorrect Answers
Cross-account access findings identify external principals and clear only when permissions are corrected. However, this does not establish the required outcome: approved orphaned volumes stop generating storage costs while protected volumes remain recoverable.
Tested gp3 configuration meets IO SLOs at lower monthly storage and provisioned-performance cost. However, this does not establish the required outcome: approved orphaned volumes stop generating storage costs while protected volumes remain recoverable.
Identified buckets show smaller unnecessary version and multipart storage after retention-safe cleanup. However, this does not establish the required outcome: approved orphaned volumes stop generating storage costs while protected volumes remain recoverable.