Exam AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate SAA-C03 topic 1 question 402 discussion

"A Kinesis data stream stores records from 24 hours by default, up to 8760 hours (365 days)." https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/kinesis-extended-retention.html The question mentioned Kinesis data stream default settings and "every other day". After 24hrs, the data isn't in the Data stream if the default settings is not modified to store data more than 24hrs.

C. Update the number of Kinesis shards to handle the throughput of the data that is sent to Kinesis Data Streams. The best option is to update the number of Kinesis shards to handle the throughput of the data that is sent to Kinesis Data Streams. Kinesis Data Streams scales horizontally by increasing or decreasing the number of shards, which controls the throughput capacity of the stream. By increasing the number of shards, the application will be able to send more data to Kinesis Data Streams, which can help ensure that S3 receives all the data.

Answer is C Issue with A) Update the Kinesis Data Streams default settings by modifying the data retention period. is below Limitation: Modifying the data retention period affects how long data is kept in the stream, but it does not address the issue of the stream's capacity to ingest data. If the stream is unable to handle the incoming data volume, extending the retention period will not resolve the data loss issue.

Every other day, = 48 hours Default settings = 24 hours B: Development library so won't help C: More shards may retain more data but they will have same limitation of 24 hours retention D: Irrelevant A: Increase the default limit from 24 hours to 48 hours

"Default settings" = 24 hour retention

KDS has two modes: 1. Provisioned Mode: Answer C would be correct if KDS runs in this mode. We need to increase the number of shards. 2. On-Demand: Scales automatically, which means it doesn't need to adjust the number of shards based on observed throughput. And since the question does not mention which type, I would go with On-demand. Therefore, A is the correct answer.

Data records are stored in shards in a kinesis data stream temporarily. The time period from when a record is added, to when it is no longer accessible is called the retention period. This time period is 24 hours by default, but could be adjusted to 365 days. Kinesis Data Streams automatically scales the number of shards in response to changes in data volume and traffic, so this rules out option C. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/service-sizes-and-limits.html#:~:text=the%20number%20of-,shards,-in%20response%20to

I have only voted A because it mentions the default setting in Kinesis, if it did not mention that then I would look to increase the Shards. By default it is 24 hours and can go to 365 days. I think the question should be rephrased slightly. I had trouble deciding between A & C. Also apparently the most voted answer is the correct answer as per some advice I was given.

Default retention is 24 hrs, but the data read is every other day, so the S3 will never receive the data, Change the default retention period to 48 hours.

By default, a Kinesis data stream is created with one shard. If the data throughput to the stream is higher than the capacity of the single shard, the data stream may not be able to handle all the incoming data, and some data may be lost. Therefore, to handle the high volume of data that the application sends to Kinesis Data Streams, the number of Kinesis shards should be increased to handle the required throughput. Kinesis Data Streams shards are the basic units of scalability and availability. Each shard can process up to 1,000 records per second with a maximum of 1 MB of data per second. If the application is sending more data to Kinesis Data Streams than the shards can handle, then some of the data will be dropped.

the default retention period is 24 hours "The default retention period of 24 hours covers scenarios where intermittent lags in processing require catch-up with the real-time data. " so we should increment this

As "Default settings" is mentioned here, I vote for A.

keyword here is - default settings and every other day and since "A Kinesis data stream stores records from 24 hours by default, up to 8760 hours (365 days)." https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/kinesis-extended-retention.html Will go with A

C is wrong because even if you update the number of Kinesis shards, you still need to change the default data retention period first. Otherwise, you would lose data after 24 hours.

A is unrelated to the issue. The correct answer is C.

Correct Ans. is B

By default, a Kinesis data stream is created with one shard. If the data throughput to the stream is higher than the capacity of the single shard, the data stream may not be able to handle all the incoming data, and some data may be lost. Therefore, to handle the high volume of data that the application sends to Kinesis Data Streams, the number of Kinesis shards should be increased to handle the required throughput