A company has a multi-tier web application that runs on a fleet of Amazon EC2 instances behind an
Application Load Balancer (ALB). The instances are in an Auto Scaling group. The ALB and the Auto Scaling
group are replicated in a backup AWS Region. The minimum value and the maximum value for the Auto
Scaling group are set to zero. An Amazon RDS Multi-AZ DB instance stores the application’s data. The DB
instance has a read replica in the backup Region. The application presents an endpoint to end users by using an
Amazon Route 53 record.
The company needs to reduce its RTO to less than 15 minutes by giving the application the ability to automatically fail over to the backup Region. The company does not have a large enough budget for an
active-active strategy.
What should a solutions architect recommend to meet these requirements?
A company has scheduled to launch a promotional sale on its e-commerce platform. The company’s web application is hosted on a fleet of Amazon EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group. The database tier is hosted on an Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL DB instance. This is a large event so the management expects a sudden spike and unpredictable user traffic for the duration of the event. New users are also expected to register and participate in the event so there will be a lot of database writes during the event. The Solutions Architect has been tasked to create a solution that will ensure all submissions are committed to the database without changing the underlying data model.
Which of the following options is the recommended solution for this scenario?