Question 770
A team considers the following AWS use case: An office application uses expensive physical servers because management expects every workload to be at peak usage permanently. Which limitation remains relevant?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Storage and other retained resources may still incur charges while compute is off. This directly addresses the question rather than a different AWS use case. Cloud variable-cost economics support reducing capacity during predictable low-use periods. Recognize the requirement: Look for usage cycles and costs from idle fixed infrastructure. At a high level, evaluate cloud usage patterns and scheduled resource reduction where supported. The intended outcome is: Consumption-based cost declines when the office workload is inactive. Keep in mind: Storage and other retained resources may still incur charges while compute is off.
Incorrect Answers
Total cost of ownership includes facilities, staffing, power, and operational expenses as well as hardware. That addresses a different mechanism; this question turns on Storage and other retained resources may still incur charges.
Bring Your Own License permits eligible existing licenses under the vendor's and AWS's licensing conditions. In the present case the governing issue is Storage and other retained resources may still incur charges, which this does not resolve.
Cloud economics can replace some up-front capital expenditure with variable operating expenditure. That observation may hold without resolving the relevant issue: Storage and other retained resources may still incur charges.