AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C02) — Question 329

A solutions architect is planning the deployment of a new static website. The solution must minimize costs and provide at least 99% availability. Which solution meets these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Deploy the application to an Amazon S3 bucket in one AWS Region that has versioning disabled.
• B. Deploy the application to Amazon EC2 instances that run in two AWS Regions and two Availability Zones.
• C. Deploy the application to an Amazon S3 bucket that has versioning and cross-Region replication enabled.
• D. Deploy the application to an Amazon EC2 instance that runs in one AWS Region and one Availability Zone.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Hosting a static website on Amazon S3 is extremely cost-effective and inherently offers high availability (over 99%), making Option A the ideal choice. Using Amazon EC2 instances (Options B and D) introduces unnecessary compute costs and management overhead for a static site. While cross-Region replication with versioning (Option C) increases durability, it significantly increases storage and transfer costs, which does not align with the goal of minimizing expenses.