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Q50Design Cost-Optimized Architectures

A company uses AWS Cost Explorer to track its AWS costs. The company notices that Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) storage and snapshot costs rise every month. However, the company does not buy additional EBS storage each month. The company wants to optimize monthly costs for its current storage usage. Which solution will meet these requirements with the **LEAST operational overhead**?

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D
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D 8
This option involves managing snapshots efficiently to optimize costs with minimal operational overhead. Delete all nonessential snapshots: This reduces costs by eliminating unnecessary snapshot storage. Use Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (DLM): DLM can automate the creation and deletion of snapshots based on defined policies. This reduces operational overhead by automating snapshot management according to the company's snapshot policy requirements.
D 4
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/snapshot-lifecycle.html
D 4
Least operational overhead for your snapshot management is https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/snapshot-lifecycle.html C will just do it once but assuming they want an ongoing solution. A: It will help with EBS size but won't fix the snapshot problems B: Same as A, nothing to do with snapshos
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I think "optimize monthly costs" include future monthly cost as well, so D is better than C
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Q says The company wants to optimize monthly costs for its current storage usage. I think they only want to do it once?
D 1
Allows the user to manage snapshots efficiently for cost optimization with the LEAST operational overhead. #1: Delete all nonessential snapshots: This reduces costs by eliminating unnecessary storage used by such snapshots. #2: Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (DLM): This AWS managed service can automate the creation and deletion process of snapshots based on defined policies. Automating snapshot management according to snapshot policy requirements helps to cut down operational overhead .