Domain 2.5: Performance — AWS SAP-C02 Practice Question 36

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Recognize that provisioned Kinesis requires custom automation (or switching to On-Demand mode) to scale shards dynamically.

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B.Implement a custom AWS Lambda function triggered by CloudWatch alarms to call the UpdateShardCount API to scale the stream.✓ Correct

To handle `ProvisionedThroughputExceededException` in a provisioned Kinesis stream, you must increase the number of shards. This can be automated using CloudWatch alarms and a Lambda function that calls `UpdateShardCount`.

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Assuming Kinesis has a simple 'Auto Scaling' checkbox like EC2.

An application uses Amazon Kinesis Data Streams to ingest high-throughput telemetry data. During peak hours, the application experiences `ProvisionedThroughputExceededException` errors. The architect needs to resolve this automatically without losing data. What is the BEST solution?

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Practice the full AWS Solutions Architect Professional SAP-C02 Practice Exam 1

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An application uses Amazon Kinesis Data Streams to ingest high-throughput telemetry data. During peak hours, the application experiences ProvisionedThroughputExceededException errors. The architect needs to resolve this automatically without losing data. What is the BEST solution?

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Practice the full AWS Solutions Architect Professional SAP-C02 Practice Exam 1

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An application uses Amazon Kinesis Data Streams to ingest high-throughput telemetry data. During peak hours, the application experiences `ProvisionedThroughputExceededException` errors. The architect needs to resolve this automatically without losing data. What is the BEST solution?