AWS Certified Database – Specialty — Question 96

The Amazon CloudWatch metric for FreeLocalStorage on an Amazon Aurora MySQL DB instance shows that the amount of local storage is below 10 MB. A database engineer must increase the local storage available in the Aurora DB instance.
How should the database engineer meet this requirement?

Answer options

• A. Modify the DB instance to use an instance class that provides more local SSD storage.
• B. Modify the Aurora DB cluster to enable automatic volume resizing.
• C. Increase the local storage by upgrading the database engine version.
• D. Modify the DB instance and configure the required storage volume in the configuration section.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because modifying the DB instance to use a different instance class that provides more local SSD storage directly increases the available local storage. Option B is incorrect as enabling automatic volume resizing does not apply to local storage in Aurora. Options C and D do not address the requirement for increasing local storage effectively.