SAA-C03 Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures

After a design review, leadership requires the team to stop non-production instances on a schedule. Which approach is MOST reliable? stop non-production instances on a schedule.

Multiple choice — select one answer

Answer choices

  1. a. Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering or Glacier classes
  2. b. Leave dev running 24/7 (not recommended for production workloads)
  3. c. Instance scheduling with Lambda or Instance Scheduler
  4. d. Amazon EC2 Spot Instances

Architectural breakdown & explanation

Scheduling reduces off-hours waste.

Correct answer(s): c. Instance scheduling with Lambda or Instance Scheduler

Exam domain: Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures (18% weight on the official guide).

Official documentation & study links

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