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Difficulty: EasyUnderstand the benefits of and strategies for migration to the AWS Cloud

SwiftCargo Logistics is planning to migrate its application portfolio to the AWS Cloud. During the analysis, the migration team identifies an old, duplicate database application that is no longer used by any business unit. The team decides to shut down and decommission this application completely before the migration begins. Which migration strategy is the company applying to this specific application?

  1. RetiringAnswer
  2. B
    Rehosting
  3. C
    Replatforming
  4. D
    Retaining

Answer

Retiring
The correct strategy is Retiring. In the context of AWS migration strategies (the 6 Rs), Retiring involves identifying applications that are no longer useful or redundant and turning them off completely. This reduces the migration scope, security footprint, and ongoing maintenance costs.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the business scenario described in the question.
The scenario describes an application that is no longer used and is being shut down and decommissioned completely.
Understanding the lifecycle status of the application is necessary to map it to the correct AWS migration strategy.
2
Map the action of decommissioning an unneeded application to the 6 Rs migration strategies.
Decommissioning or turning off applications that are no longer needed corresponds to the 'Retire' (or Retiring) migration strategy.
The 'Retire' strategy focuses on identifying redundant or obsolete assets and shutting them down to reduce costs and narrow the migration scope.

Key Concept

AWS Cloud Migration Strategies (6 Rs) - Retiring
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