Correct Answer: RDS Multi-AZ across regions and pre-configured AMIs for EC2
A Pilot Light maintains core, live data (the 'flame') in a secondary region, with templates/AMIs ready to rapidly scale out the compute tier (the 'furnace') if needed....
Correct Answer
RDS Multi-AZ across regions and pre-configured AMIs for EC2
Why This Answer Is Correct
A Pilot Light maintains core, live data (the 'flame') in a secondary region, with templates/AMIs ready to rapidly scale out the compute tier (the 'furnace') if needed.
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