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A logistics enterprise is migrating its legacy supply chain optimization tool to AWS. The application requires massive computing power for 33 hours every Sunday night to calculate optimal delivery routes, but remains completely idle for the rest of the week. Under their traditional on-premises model, the company had to purchase and maintain high-end physical servers that sat underutilized for 98%98\% of the week. Which of the following describes the financial transformation and the specific AWS Cloud benefit this migration achieves?

  1. A
    Trading variable expense for capital expense, enabling the enterprise to convert their ongoing operational software costs into a predictable, long-term physical asset.
  2. Trading capital expense for variable expense, allowing the enterprise to pay only for the compute resources consumed during the active window rather than investing in upfront server hardware.Cevap
  3. C
    Leveraging scalability to dynamically shrink the infrastructure during idle times, which directly achieves the benefit of going global in minutes.
  4. D
    Stop spending money running and maintaining data centers, which allows the company to eliminate all variable operating expenses by utilizing AWS-managed physical hardware.

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Trading capital expense for variable expense, allowing the enterprise to pay only for the compute resources consumed during the active window rather than investing in upfront server hardware.
The correct option correctly identifies the transition from capital expense (buying physical servers) to variable expense (paying only for the 33 hours of usage). This matches the definition of the AWS Cloud benefit: 'trade capital expense for variable expense'.

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1
Analyze the financial and operational pain points of the legacy supply chain application in the scenario.
The application runs for only 33 hours a week but required purchasing physical servers that remain idle for 98%98\% of the time.
This establishes the current baseline of high capital expenditure (CapEx) and low resource utilization.
2
Map the transition from purchasing hardware upfront to paying based on usage to the appropriate AWS Cloud benefit.
Paying only for resources when they are consumed instead of investing in physical assets represents 'trading capital expense for variable expense'.
This is a core cloud economics concept that shifts costs from CapEx to OpEx.
3
Evaluate the choices to find the one that accurately describes this economic benefit and avoids common misconceptions.
The correct option outlines trading capital expense for variable expense to pay only for consumed compute resources during the active window.
This option correctly matches the scenario's shift from fixed hardware investments to pay-as-you-go consumption.

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Trading capital expense for variable expense is a key AWS Cloud benefit where users pay only for consumed computing resources on a utility basis instead of making heavy upfront investments in physical infrastructure.
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