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A company is designing a new cloud-native application on AWS. They want to ensure that the application can automatically recover from infrastructure or service failures. Which AWS Well-Architected Framework pillar primarily focuses on this aspect?
- AOperational Excellence
- BReliability
- CSecurity
- DCost Optimization
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Correct answer: B. Reliability
The Reliability pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework focuses on the ability of a system to recover from infrastructure or service disruptions, dynamically acquire computing resources, and mitigate disruptions.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Operational Excellence focuses on running and monitoring systems, and continually improving processes.
- C. Security focuses on protecting information and systems.
- D. Cost Optimization focuses on avoiding unnecessary costs and maximizing business value.
Reliability Pillar
The ability of a system to recover from infrastructure or service disruptions, dynamically acquire computing resources to meet demand, and mitigate disruptions such as misconfigurations or transient network issues.
- Focuses on fault tolerance and disaster recovery.
- Ensures systems can recover from failures.
- Includes backup and restore, multi-AZ deployment, and auto scaling.
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