QuestionQ307

Content Domain 4: Billing, Pricing, and Support

A company has a workload that will run continuously for 1 year. The workload cannot tolerate service interruptions.

Which Amazon EC2 purchasing option will be MOST cost-effective?

  • A All Upfront Reserved Instances
  • B Partial Upfront Reserved Instances
  • C Dedicated Instances
  • D On-Demand Instances
Explanation

All Upfront Reserved Instances offer the lowest per-hour cost for EC2 instances with a one-year commitment that requires no service interruptions. Partial Upfront RIs cost more; Dedicated Instances are more expensive and serve specialized use cases; and On-Demand Instances are the most expensive option for sustained workloads.

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