Question 300
In an AWS networking assessment, an EC2 throughput graph shows fewer bytes sent than an edge load balancer reports and the team assumes every metric is identical. Which technical explanation BEST accounts for the observed condition?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Traffic counters at interfaces and load balancers capture different paths and may use different periods. This explains the observed network behavior, which can be checked by verifying that the same time window and metric definitions explain the observed difference without invented packet loss.
Incorrect Answers
CDN access logs can distinguish edge-visible request patterns from only origin server events. For the stated conditions, traffic counters at interfaces and load balancers capture different paths and may use different periods. The more specific mechanism is cloudWatch metrics have service-specific definitions, units and aggregation windows.
The load balancer's status can differ from the response produced or not produced by a backend target. The decisive technical distinction is cloudWatch metrics have service-specific definitions, units and aggregation windows; traffic counters at interfaces and load balancers capture different paths and may use different periods.
Flow-log aggregates are not equivalent to packet captures and omit individual packet payloads. That property alone cannot account for the reported symptom; traffic counters at interfaces and load balancers capture different paths and may use different periods.






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