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    PracticeAWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03)AWS SAA-C03 Practice Exam 2Question 38
    Easy1 markMultiple Choice
    Domain 3.2: Compute PerformanceDomain 3PerformanceEC2

    AWS SAA-C03 · Question 38 · Domain 3.2: Compute Performance

    A company is running a high-performance computing (HPC) workload that requires massive amounts of memory to process large datasets in real-time. Which Amazon EC2 instance family should they choose?

    Answer options:

    A.

    C family (Compute-optimized)

    B.

    R family (Memory-optimized)

    C.

    T family (General purpose)

    D.

    I family (Storage-optimized)

    How to approach this question

    Match the instance family letter to its purpose.

    Full Answer

    B.R family (Memory-optimized)✓ Correct
    Memory-optimized instances (like the R family) are designed to deliver fast performance for workloads that process large data sets in memory.

    Common mistakes

    Choosing C family for data-heavy workloads.
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