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Question 11
A company runs an application on-premises that generates many gigabytes of data files each day. The company requires that the files are stored on the AWS cloud, but the most recent files should be available locally for low latency access.
Which AWS service is most suitable for these requirements?
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A
Amazon EBS
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B
Amazon EFS
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C
AWS Storage Gateway
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D
Amazon S3
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
AWS Storage Gateway Volume Gateways offer two modes: Cached and stored. With cached volumes, the Storage Gateway service stores the full volume in its Amazon S3 service bucket, and a portion of the volume—your recently accessed data—is retained in the gateway’s local cache for low-latency access.
This would be suitable for the requirements in this scenario.
CORRECT: "AWS Storage Gateway" is the correct answer.
INCORRECT: "Amazon EBS" is incorrect. Amazon EBS is not accessible from on-premises and offers no local caching feature.
INCORRECT: "Amazon S3" is incorrect. Amazon S3 does not offer a local caching feature.
INCORRECT: "Amazon EFS" is incorrect. Amazon EFS does not offer a local caching feature.
References:
https://aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/volume/
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