AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02) — Question 157

A solutions architect must create a business case for migration of a company's on-premises data center to the AWS Cloud. The solutions architect will use a configuration management database (CMDB) export of all the company's servers to create the case.

Which solution will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

Answer options

• A. Use AWS Well-Architected Tool to import the CMDB data to perform an analysis and generate recommendations.
• B. Use Migration Evaluator to perform an analysis. Use the data import template to upload the data from the CMDB export.
• C. Implement resource matching rules. Use the CMDB export and the AWS Price List Bulk API to query CMDB data against AWS services in bulk.
• D. Use AWS Application Discovery Service to import the CMDB data to perform an analysis.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Option B is the most cost-effective solution as Migration Evaluator is specifically designed to assess on-premises environments using CMDB exports. The other options, while viable, may involve additional complexities or costs that do not align as closely with the requirement for cost-effectiveness.