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A company is running a multi-tier ecommerce web application in the AWS Cloud. The application runs on Amazon EC2 instances with an Amazon RDS for MySQL Multi-AZ DB instance. Amazon RDS is configured with the latest generation DB instance with 2,000 GB of storage in a General Purpose SSD (gp3) Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume. The database performance affects the application during periods of high demand.

A database administrator analyzes the logs in Amazon CloudWatch Logs and discovers that the application performance always degrades when the number of read and write IOPS is higher than 20,000.

What should a solutions architect do to improve the application performance?

  • A. Replace the volume with a magnetic volume.
  • B. Increase the number of IOPS on the gp3 volume.
  • C. Replace the volume with a Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volume.
  • D. Replace the 2,000 GB gp3 volume with two 1,000 GB gp3 volumes.
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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️
by [deleted] at March 10, 2023, 4:29 p.m.
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Bezha
Highly Voted 1 year, 8 months ago
Selected Answer: D
A - Magnetic Max IOPS 200 - Wrong B - gp3 Max IOPS 16000 per volume - Wrong C - RDS not supported io2 - Wrong D - Correct; 2 gp3 volume with 16 000 each 2*16000 = 32 000 IOPS
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dkw2342
8 months, 2 weeks ago
I really wonder how this answer can be the top answer. How would it even be possible to provision multiple gp3 volumes for RDS? RDS manages the storage, we have no influence on the number of volumes. *Striping* is something that RDS does automatically depending on storage class and volume size: "When you select General Purpose SSD or Provisioned IOPS SSD, depending on the engine selected and the amount of storage requested, Amazon RDS automatically stripes across multiple volumes to enhance performance (...)" For MariaDB with 400 to 64,000 GiB of gp3 storage, RDS automatically provisions 4 volumes. This gives us 12,000 IOPS *baseline* and can be increased up to 64,000 *provisioned* IOPS. RDS does not support io2. Therefore: Option B
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dkw2342
8 months, 2 weeks ago
PS: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/CHAP_Storage.html
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zits88
7 months, 2 weeks ago
It must be that io2 was originally not supported by RDS, because I see this untruth reposted everywhere. It totally is.
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joechen2023
1 year, 5 months ago
https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/ebs-volume-type-differences RDS does support io2
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wRhlH
1 year, 5 months ago
that Link is to EBS instead of RDS
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baba365
1 year, 2 months ago
‘the application performance always degrades when the number of read and write IOPS is higher than 20,000’ … question didn’t say read and write IOPs can’t be higher than 32,000. Answer: C if it’s based on performance and not cost related. ‘Amazon RDS provides three storage types: General Purpose SSD (also known as gp2 and gp3), Provisioned IOPS SSD (also known as io1), and magnetic (also known as standard). They differ in performance characteristics and price, which means that you can tailor your storage performance and cost to the needs of your database workload.’ https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/CHAP_Storage.html
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Michal_L_95
Highly Voted 1 year, 8 months ago
Selected Answer: B
It can not be option C as RDS does not support io2 storage type (only io1). Here is a link to the RDS storage documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/CHAP_Storage.html Also it is not the best option to take Magnetic storage as it supports max 1000 IOPS. I vote for option B as gp3 storage type supports up to 64 000 IOPS where question mentioned with problem at level of 20 000.
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joechen2023
1 year, 5 months ago
check the link below https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/ebs-volume-type-differences it states: General Purpose SSD volumes are good for a wide variety of transactional workloads that require less than the following: 16,000 IOPS 1,000 MiB/s of throughput 160-TiB volume size
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GalileoEC2
1 year, 7 months ago
is this true? Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) supports the Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) storage type for its database instances. The io2 storage type is designed to deliver predictable performance for critical and highly demanding database workloads. It provides higher durability, higher IOPS, and lower latency compared to other Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) storage types. RDS offers the option to choose between the General Purpose SSD (gp3) and Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) storage types for database instances.
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1rob
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Please add a reference where it states that io2 is supported by RDS.
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zits88
7 months, 2 weeks ago
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/CHAP_Storage.html - Right there in the first paragraph: "Amazon RDS provides three storage types: General Purpose SSD (also known as gp2 and gp3), Provisioned IOPS SSD (also known as io1 and io2 Block Express), and magnetic (also known as standard). They differ in performance characteristics and price, which means that you can tailor your storage performance and cost to the needs of your database workload. You can create Db2, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, and PostgreSQL RDS DB instances with up to 64 tebibytes (TiB) of storage. "
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Mish
Most Recent 1 week, 1 day ago
Selected Answer: C
Provisioned IOPS SSDs (io2) are specifically designed to deliver sustained high performance and low latency (RDS is supported in IO2). They can handle more than 20,000 IOPS.
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studydue
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Updated 2024 Answer: C
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ashishs174
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Answer is C, io2 volumes are supported https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-rds-now-supports-io2-block-express-volumes-for-mission-critical-database-workloads/
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MatAlves
2 months, 1 week ago
Nice to see that everyone just picked a different answer...
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ChymKuBoy
3 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: B
B for sure
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example_
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Selected Answer: C
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/CHAP_Storage.html
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FrozenCarrot
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Selected Answer: C
Now EBS support io2.
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theamachine
5 months ago
Selected Answer: C
Provisioned IOPS SSDs (io2) are specifically designed to deliver sustained high performance and low latency (RDS is supported in IO2). They can handle more than 20,000 IOPS.
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Lin878
5 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: C
It should be "C" right, now. https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-rds-now-supports-io2-block-express-volumes-for-mission-critical-database-workloads/
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5 months, 1 week ago
C is the correct one EBS Volume Types Use cases Provisioned IOPS (PIOPS) SSD • Critical business applications with sustained IOPS performance • Or applications that need more than 16,000 IOPS • Great for databases workloads (sensitive to storage perf and consistency) • io1/io2 (4 GiB - 16 TiB): • Max PIOPS: 64,000 for Nitro EC2 instances & 32,000 for other • Can increase PIOPS independently from storage size • io2 have more durability and more IOPS per GiB (at the same price as io1) • io2 Block Express (4 GiB – 64 TiB): • Sub-millisecond latency • Max PIOPS: 256,000 with an IOPS:GiB ratio of 1,000:1
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Scheldon
6 months ago
Selected Answer: C
Per the newest info it should be C right now https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/CHAP_Storage.html
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stalk98
6 months, 3 weeks ago
ChatGpt says B
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zits88
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Selected Answer: C
io2 is now supported by RDS as of 2024. It wasn't at one point, but people need to check the docs when they start saying it's not supported. Just because it was once true does not mean that it still is.
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Skip
8 months, 1 week ago
Hey I don't think the io2 restiction exist anymore, as from March 2024. See below.... https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-rds-now-supports-io2-block-express-volumes-for-mission-critical-database-workloads/#:~:text=1%20io2%20Block%20Express%20volumes%20are%20available%20on,of%20IOPS%20to%20allocated%20storage%20is%20500%3A1.%20
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zits88
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Thank you, I see people saying that it is not supported everywhere. Now, a whole 'nother thing is whether AWS has updated SAA to reflect these changes. Given how terribly a lot of the REAL EXAM QUESTIONS are written, I wouldn't be surprised if they have NOT updated the exam at all
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lprina
8 months, 1 week ago
If you reached this discussion after March 5th, RDS supports io2 now:https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-rds-now-supports-io2-block-express-volumes-for-mission-critical-database-workloads/
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