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Difficulty: HardDefine the benefits of the AWS Cloud

A mobile gaming company is preparing to launch a multiplayer game. The development team cannot accurately predict how many players will log in during the first week, and they want to avoid over-provisioning infrastructure that might sit idle or under-provisioning which could cause server crashes. Furthermore, the company's executive leadership wants the engineering team to focus entirely on game mechanics and player experience rather than procuring hardware, racking servers, and managing physical facilities.

Which of the following AWS Cloud benefits directly address these business and technical requirements? (Select TWO.)

  1. Stop spending money running and maintaining data centersAnswer
  2. Stop guessing capacityAnswer
  3. C
    Trade variable expenses for capital expenses to establish fixed operational budgets
  4. D
    Increase application performance by deploying resources in a single centralized Availability Zone to prevent latency
  5. E
    Achieve elasticity by manually pre-provisioning hardware capacity to handle future long-term growth

Answer

The correct benefits are 'Stop spending money running and maintaining data centers' and 'Stop guessing capacity'.
The scenario requires solving two problems: unpredictability of initial player adoption, and the overhead of managing hardware/facilities. The benefit of 'Stop guessing capacity' resolves the first problem by allowing dynamic scaling to match actual user demand. The benefit of 'Stop spending money running and maintaining data centers' resolves the second problem by offloading racking, stacking, and hardware maintenance tasks to AWS, letting engineers focus on game development.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the technical requirements of the development team
The team cannot predict player adoption rates and wants to avoid under-provisioning or over-provisioning.
This requirement aligns with the AWS Cloud benefit of 'Stop guessing capacity', which allows dynamic scaling to match real-time load.
2
Analyze the business requirements of executive leadership
The leadership wants the engineering team to focus on game development rather than physical hardware infrastructure tasks.
This requirement aligns with the AWS Cloud benefit of 'Stop spending money running and maintaining data centers', which offloads infrastructure management to AWS.
3
Evaluate the remaining choices against AWS core benefits and principles
The remaining options either invert the CapEx/OpEx benefit, promote single zone monolithic structures, or suggest manual pre-provisioning of hardware.
These options are incorrect because they represent common misconceptions of cloud economics, elasticity, and design principles.

Key Concept

The six core benefits of the AWS Cloud (specifically 'Stop guessing capacity' and 'Stop spending money running and maintaining data centers')
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