AWS SAP-C02 · Question 20 · Domain 4.2: New Architecture Design
A company is migrating a critical MySQL database to Amazon Aurora MySQL. The database handles high-volume financial transactions. The architecture must ensure zero data loss (RPO = 0) in the event of an Availability Zone failure, and minimal downtime (RTO < 1 minute). The application must securely authenticate to the database without hardcoding credentials. Which combination of features should be used? (Select TWO)
Answer options:
Deploy an Amazon Aurora Multi-AZ cluster.
Use AWS IAM database authentication for the application to connect to Aurora.
Deploy Amazon RDS for MySQL with Multi-AZ and synchronous replication.
Use AWS Secrets Manager to rotate the database credentials every hour.
Configure Aurora Global Database with synchronous cross-region replication.
Use Amazon ElastiCache for Redis to cache transactions before writing to Aurora.
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