A solutions architect must create a disaster recovery plan for a high-volume SaaS platform whose data is stored in an Amazon Aurora MySQL DB cluster. The DR plan must replicate data to a secondary AWS Region. Which solution will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?
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Correct answer: Set up an Aurora global database for the DB cluster. When setup is complete, remove the DB instance from the secondary Region..
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Aurora Global Database is the most cost-effective and efficient solution for cross-region disaster recovery for Aurora MySQL. It uses dedicated infrastructure to replicate data with minimal latency and impact on performance. The key to cost-effectiveness here is removing the DB instance from the secondary region after setup. While Global Database requires a writer instance in the primary region and a reader instance in
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