Amazon Web Services AWS Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C03 Question # 74 Topic 10 Discussion

The solution that meets the requirements with the least operational overhead is to migrate the web tier to Amazon EC2 instances in public subnets, migrate the application tier to EC2 instances in private subnets, and migrate the database tier to Amazon RDS for MySQL in private subnets. This solution allows the company to migrate its three-tier application to AWS by making minimal changes to the architecture, as it preserves the same web, application, anddatabase tiers and uses the same MySQL database engine. The solution also provides a database solution that can restore data to a specific point in time, as Amazon RDS for MySQL supports automated backups and point-in-time recovery. This solution also reduces the operational overhead by using managed servicessuch as Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS, which handle tasks such as provisioning, patching, scaling, and monitoring.

The other solutions do not meet the requirements as well as the first one because they either involve more changes to the architecture, do not provide point-in-time recovery, or do not follow best practices for security and availability. Migrating the database tier to Amazon Aurora MySQL would require changing the database engine and potentially modifying the application code to ensure compatibility. Migrating the web tier and the application tier to public subnets would expose them to more security risks and reduce their availability in case of a subnet failure. Migrating the database tier to public subnets would also compromise its security and performance. References:

Migrate Your Application Database to Amazon RDS

Amazon RDS for MySQL

Amazon Aurora MySQL

Amazon VPC