A gaming company is moving its public scoreboard from a data center to the AWS Cloud. The company uses Amazon EC2 Windows Server instances behind an Application Load Balancer to host its dynamic application. The company needs a highly available storage solution for the application. The application consists of static files and dynamic server-side code. Which combination of steps should a solutions architect take to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)
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Store the static files on Amazon S3. Use Amazon CloudFront to cache objects at the edge.
Most accepted answer: A. Store the static files on Amazon S3. Use Amazon CloudFront to cache objects at the edge.
Community votes: A=6, D=6
Selected Answer: AD A because Elasticache, despite being ideal for leaderboards per Amazon, doesn't cache at edge locations. D because FSx has higher performance for low latency needs. https://www.techtarget.com/searchaws/tip/Amazon-FSx-vs-EFS-Compare-the-AWS-file-services "FSx is built for high performance and submillisecond latency using solid-state drive storage volumes. This design enables users to select storage capacity and latency independently. Thus, even a subterabyte file system can have 256 Mbps or higher throughput and support volumes up to 64 TB." upvoted 7 times Nel8 3 years, 4 months ago Just to add, ElastiCache is use in front of AWS database. upvoted 2 times ... baba365 2 years, 10 months ago Why not EFS? upvoted 1 times ...
Just to add, ElastiCache is use in front of AWS database. upvoted 2 times
Why not EFS? upvoted 1 times
Selected Answer: AD The reasons are: Storing static files in S3 with CloudFront provides durability, high availability, and low latency by caching at edge locations. FSx for Windows File Server provides a fully managed Windows native file system that can be accessed from the Windows EC2 instances to share server-side code. It is designed for high availability and scales up to 10s of GBPS throughput. EFS and EBS volumes can be attached to a single AZ. FSx and S3 are replicated across AZs for high availability. upvoted 6 times
Selected Answer: AD Key: Static files and dynamic server-side code. Key: Windows Server. The answer is A because S3 is for static files, and CloudFront is a CDN. The second answer is D because FSx works for Windows File Server. It's not C because EFS is just for Linux. It's not E because EBS doesn't share files between EC2 instances. upvoted 3 times