Problem
You work for a company that keeps up with product sales from thousands of convenience stores throughout the United States. Hourly sales analysis is critical for understanding customer trends and buying habits. This data is also needed for its distributors to understand how to stock low inventory levels in a cost effective and efficient manner. The problem is that the data is lagging behind due to latency issues and most of the systems are becoming outdated.
Discusses the following:
i. What type of Amazon RDS database instance could help solve their problem? Why?
ii. How would Amazon Read Replicas reduce Internet latency issues?
iii. Outside of Amazon, what other cloud solutions could help alleviate some of their current issues? Explain.