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AWS SAA-C03 · Question 36 · Domain 2.4: Resilient Storage
A company has an on-premises data center and wants to use AWS for backup storage. They want to retain their existing backup software, which writes data to iSCSI block storage. They want to store the backups in Amazon S3 to minimize costs, but keep a local cache of recently written backups for fast restores.<br/><br/>Which TWO statements about the solution are correct? (Select TWO.)
A company has an on-premises data center and wants to use AWS for backup storage. They want to retain their existing backup software, which writes data to iSCSI block storage. They want to store the backups in Amazon S3 to minimize costs, but keep a local cache of recently written backups for fast restores.<br/><br/>Which TWO statements about the solution are correct? (Select TWO.)
Answer options:
A.
The company should use AWS Storage Gateway.
B.
The company should use AWS DataSync.
C.
They should configure a File Gateway.
D.
They should configure a Cached Volume Gateway.
E.
They should configure a Stored Volume Gateway.
How to approach this question
Match the requirement for 'iSCSI' and 'local cache' to the correct Storage Gateway type.
Full Answer
The company should use AWS Storage Gateway.<br/>They should configure a Cached Volume Gateway.
AWS Storage Gateway Volume Gateway provides cloud-backed storage volumes that you can mount as iSCSI devices from your on-premises application servers. Cached volumes store your data in Amazon S3 and retain a copy of frequently accessed data locally.
Common mistakes
Confusing Cached Volumes (primary data in S3) with Stored Volumes (primary data local).
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