AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate · Free Practice Question Hard
Question 6
A company has 700 TB of backup data stored in network attached storage (NAS) in its data center. This backup data need to be accessible for infrequent regulatory requests and must be retained 7 years. The company has decided to migrate this backup data from its data center to AWS. The migration must be complete within 1 month. The company has 500 Mbps of dedicated bandwidth on its public internet connection available for data transfer. What should a solutions architect do to migrate and store the data at the LOWEST cost?
- A Deploy a VPN connection between the data center and Amazon VPC. Use the AWS CLI to copy the data from on premises to Amazon S3 Glacier.
- B Order AWS Snowball devices to transfer the data. Use a lifecycle policy to transition the files to Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive.
- C Use AWS DataSync to transfer the data and deploy a DataSync agent on premises. Use the DataSync task to copy files from the on-premises NAS storage to Amazon S3 Glacier.
- D Provision a 500 Mbps AWS Direct Connect connection and transfer the data to Amazon S3. Use a lifecycle policy to transition the files to Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
To migrate 700 TB of backup data from its data center to AWS within 1 month at the lowest cost, the company should order AWS Snowball devices to transfer the data. After the data is transferred to Amazon S3, a lifecycle policy should be used to transition the files to Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive for long-term, cost-effective storage.Discussion
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