Question 1

A company stores millions of images in an Amazon S3 bucket. The access patterns for the images are highly unpredictable; some images are accessed daily, while others are not accessed for months. The company wants to minimize storage costs without incurring retrieval fees or operational overhead. Which S3 storage class should be used?

Accepted Answer

Match 'unpredictable access patterns' and 'no retrieval fees' with S3 Intelligent-Tiering.

Question 2

What mistakes do candidates make on this AWS SAA-C03 question?

Accepted Answer

Choosing S3 Standard-IA. While cheaper for storage, IA charges per-GB retrieval fees, which can be costly if unpredictable data is suddenly accessed frequently.

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