SAA-C03 Q512 · Cost

Question

A solutions architect is designing the architecture for a company website that is composed of static content. The company's target customers are located in the United States and Europe. Which architecture should the solutions architect recommend to MINIMIZE cost?

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**Answer A is correct because it minimizes cost through two key design decisions:**

1. **Single S3 bucket (one Region):** Storing files in only us-east-2 avoids the cost of maintaining duplicate data in multiple Regions. There's no need for cross-region replication costs or managing multiple buckets.

2. **CloudFront price class configured to LIMIT edge locations:** This is the critical detail. CloudFront offers **Price Classes** that let you control which edge locations serve your content:
   - **Price Class All** — All edge locations worldwide (most expensive)
   - **Price Class 200** — US, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa (mid-tier)
   - **Price Class 100** — US and Europe only (least expensive)

Since the target customers are **only in the US and Europe**, using **Price Class 100** e

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