ACA-Cloud1 Exam Dumps : ACA Cloud Computing Associate

 ApsaraDB RDS is a cloud-based relational database service that provides secure, cost-effective, and scalable database solutions for various applications. RDS has many advantages over self-built databases, such as high availability, automatic backup, and easy O&M. One of the statements that is wrong when comparing RDS with self-built database is that self-built database supports quick deployment and elastic scaling. This is not true, because self-built database requires users to purchase, install, and configure hardware and software by themselves, which can be time-consuming and complex. Moreover, self-built database cannot easily adjust the computing and storage resources according to the business needs, which can lead to over-provisioning or under-provisioning. RDS, on the other hand, supports quick deployment and elastic scaling, because users can create, modify, or delete RDS instances in minutes through the console or API. Users can also scale up or down the RDS instance specifications, storage capacity, or network bandwidth without affecting the business continuity.

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• ApsaraDB RDS
• ACA Cloud Computing Certification Exam Preparation Course
• Which of the following statements is NOT correct, when comparing RDS …

 A is the correct answer because RDS provides whitelist access policies that allow you to set permitted IP addresses and IP network segments to effectively prevent hackers from attacking the server by port scanning. A whitelist is a security feature that specifies the IP addresses or CIDR blocks that are allowed to access your RDS instance. By default, the whitelist is empty, which means that no IP address can access your RDS instance. You can add IP addresses or CIDR blocks to the whitelist according to your business needs. You can also create multiple whitelist groups and assign different IP addresses or CIDR blocks to each group. This can help you manage the access permissions of different users or applications12

References: 1: Configure a whitelist 2: ApsaraDB RDS:Configure an IP address whitelist

Server Load Balancer (SLB) is a service that distributes traffic among multiple ECS instances to improve the service capabilities of applications. SLB monitors the health of ECS instances in real time and automatically isolates unhealthy instances from the server pool according to the configured health check policy. This ensures that the traffic is only forwarded to healthy instances, thereby improving the availability and fault tolerance of applications. References: ACA Cloud Computing Certification - Alibaba Cloud Academy, E-Learning Courses - Alibaba Cloud Academy, Server Load Balancer - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center