Correct Answer: Redshift is a multi-node cluster with leaderboard/worker nodes; RDS is typically a single or Multi-AZ instance
Redshift uses a Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) architecture to distribute data and queries across multiple nodes....
Correct Answer
Redshift is a multi-node cluster with leaderboard/worker nodes; RDS is typically a single or Multi-AZ instance
Why This Answer Is Correct
Redshift uses a Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) architecture to distribute data and queries across multiple nodes.
This question evaluates your knowledge of Amazon Redshift — a core concept tested in AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03). Understanding Amazon Redshift is essential for designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures. Mastery of this topic will help you answer scenario-based questions confidently on exam day.
You are analyzing petabytes of data for business intelligence reports. You need a fully managed, serverless enterprise data warehouse that supports SQL queries. Which service is best suited for this task?
A business intelligence team needs a petabyte-scale data warehouse to perform complex analytical queries across multiple sources. Which service is most appropriate?
A solutions architect needs to run queries on data that is currently stored in Amazon S3 in Apache Parquet format, joining it with data in an Amazon Redshift cluster. Which Redshift feature should be used?
An architect is concerned about the cost of an Amazon Redshift cluster during nights and weekends when no queries are being run. Which feature can help reduce costs automatically?
To improve performance of a specific large table in Redshift, an architect needs to decide how data is distributed across the compute nodes. Which distribution style is best for a small dimension table that is often joined with other large tables?