A Company Is Running an Ecommerce Application on Amazon EC2

question 14

Multiple Choice

A company is running an ecommerce application on Amazon EC2. The application consists of a stateless web tier that requires a minimum of 10 instances, and a peak of 250 instances to support the application's usage. The application requires 50 instances 80% of the time. Which solution should be used to minimize costs?

• A) Purchase Reserved Instances to cover 250 instances.
• B) Purchase Reserved Instances to cover 80 instances. Use Spot Instances to cover the remaining instances.
• C) Purchase On-Demand Instances to cover 40 instances. Use Spot Instances to cover the remaining instances.
• D) Purchase Reserved Instances to cover 50 instances. Use On-Demand and Spot Instances to cover the remaining instances.

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