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Exam AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate DEA-C01 topic 1 question 61 discussion

A company uses Amazon RDS for MySQL as the database for a critical application. The database workload is mostly writes, with a small number of reads.
A data engineer notices that the CPU utilization of the DB instance is very high. The high CPU utilization is slowing down the application. The data engineer must reduce the CPU utilization of the DB Instance.
Which actions should the data engineer take to meet this requirement? (Choose two.)

  • A. Use the Performance Insights feature of Amazon RDS to identify queries that have high CPU utilization. Optimize the problematic queries.
  • B. Modify the database schema to include additional tables and indexes.
  • C. Reboot the RDS DB instance once each week.
  • D. Upgrade to a larger instance size.
  • E. Implement caching to reduce the database query load.
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kj07
Highly Voted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Here the issue is with the writes and caching will not solve them. I will go with A and D.
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sdas1
Most Recent 2 months, 2 weeks ago
A and D With a workload that is mostly writes and a small number of reads, caching will not be as effective in reducing CPU utilization compared to read-heavy workloads. https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/rds-aurora-postgresql-high-cpu
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lucas_rfsb
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Selected Answer: AD
I will go for A and D, since other options are more likely to improve read performance issues.
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fceb2c1
4 months ago
Selected Answer: AD
A and D. For A it is mentioned here https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/rds-instance-high-cpu
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GiorgioGss
4 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: BD
Since the questions states that "the database workload is mostly writes" let's eliminate the options that improves the reads.
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damaldon
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Ans. AE A) Use Amazon RDS Performance Insights to identify the query that's responsible for the database load. Check the SQL tab that corresponds to a particular timeframe. E) If there's a query that's repeatedly running, use prepared statements to lower the pressure on your CPU. Repeated running of prepared statements caches the query plan. Because the plan is already in cache for further runs, the time for planning is much less. https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/rds-aurora-postgresql-high-cpu
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