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AWS SAA-C03 · Question 53 · Domain 4.1: Storage Cost Optimization
A company stores millions of images in Amazon S3. The access patterns are highly unpredictable; some images are accessed daily, while others are not accessed for months. The company wants to optimize storage costs without incurring retrieval fees or operational overhead. Which S3 storage class should be used?
A company stores millions of images in Amazon S3. The access patterns are highly unpredictable; some images are accessed daily, while others are not accessed for months. The company wants to optimize storage costs without incurring retrieval fees or operational overhead. Which S3 storage class should be used?
Answer options:
A.
S3 Standard
B.
S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-IA)
C.
S3 Intelligent-Tiering
D.
S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval
How to approach this question
Keywords: 'unpredictable access patterns', 'optimize costs', 'no retrieval fees'. This is the exact definition of Intelligent-Tiering.
Full Answer
C.S3 Intelligent-Tiering✓ Correct
S3 Intelligent-Tiering
Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering is designed to optimize costs by automatically moving data to the most cost-effective access tier, without performance impact or operational overhead. It is ideal for data with unknown or changing access patterns and does not charge retrieval fees.
Common mistakes
Choosing S3 Standard-IA, which incurs a per-GB retrieval fee that can be costly if access patterns change.
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