ApexMart, a retail company, is planning to migrate its legacy on-premises web server to AWS EC2 instances with no changes to the application code or configuration. The company also wants to transition its IT budget from upfront hardware investments to a pay-as-you-go model. Which two of the following statements correctly describe the migration strategy used for the web server and the financial benefit of this migration?
- The migration strategy used is Rehosting (lift-and-shift).Answer
- The financial benefit is shifting from capital expenses (CapEx) to operating expenses (OpEx).Answer
- CThe migration strategy used is Replatforming (lift-tinker-and-shift).
- DThe financial benefit is shifting from operating expenses (OpEx) to capital expenses (CapEx).
- EThe migration strategy used is Refactoring (re-architecting).
Answer
The migration strategy used is Rehosting (lift-and-shift), and the financial benefit is shifting from capital expenses (CapEx) to operating expenses (OpEx).
The correct options state that the strategy is Rehosting and the financial benefit is shifting from CapEx to OpEx. Rehosting represents migrating workloads with zero modifications (lift-and-shift). Shifting from upfront hardware purchasing to pay-as-you-go models replaces capital expenditures (CapEx) with operating expenditures (OpEx).
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Key Concept
Identifying AWS migration strategies (specifically Rehosting) and understanding the shift from CapEx to OpEx in cloud economics.