SAA-C03 Question 523
Select 3A company needs to host a static website on AWS and ensure it is both highly available and cost-efficient. The website does not require server-side processing. Which combination of services should the company use to meet these requirements?
- A
Amazon S3 with static website hosting enabled
- B
Amazon EC2 instances running a web server
- C
Amazon CloudFront for content delivery
- D
Amazon RDS to store website content
- E
Route 53 for DNS management
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Correct answers: A, C, E
Explanation
To host a static website cost-efficiently and with high availability, Amazon S3 is the ideal service, as it is designed for static content hosting. CloudFront can further improve the performance and availability of the website, especially for global users. Route 53 ensures proper DNS management, enabling the use of custom domains and integration with S3 or CloudFront. Using EC2 or RDS for this use case would not be cost-effective or appropriate.
- A. Correct.
Amazon S3 is a perfect solution for hosting static websites. It is highly available, scalable, and cost-efficient. Enabling static website hosting on an S3 bucket is designed specifically for this use case.
- B. Incorrect.
Amazon EC2 instances running a web server would be more expensive and involve additional management overhead for a static website. It is not the appropriate solution for this use case.
- C. Correct.
Amazon CloudFront can be used for content delivery, ensuring low latency and high availability for users across the globe. It is an optimal choice for improving performance.
- D. Incorrect.
Amazon RDS is designed for relational databases and is not suitable for storing or serving static website content.
- E. Correct.
Route 53 can be used to manage DNS configuration, providing a custom domain name and routing traffic to the S3 bucket or CloudFront distribution.