AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional SAP-C01 – Question154

One of your AWS Data Pipeline activities has failed consequently and has entered a hard failure state after retrying thrice.
You want to try it again. Is it possible to increase the number of automatic retries to more than thrice?

A. Yes, you can increase the number of automatic retries to 6.
B. Yes, you can increase the number of automatic retries to indefinite number.
C. No, you cannot increase the number of automatic retries.
D. Yes, you can increase the number of automatic retries to 10.

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

Explanation: In AWS Data Pipeline, an activity fails if all of its activity attempts return with a failed state. By default, an activity retries three times before entering a hard failure state. You can increase the number of automatic retries to 10. However, the system does not allow indefinite retries.
Reference:
https://aws.amazon.com/datapipeline/faqs/