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AWS SAA-C03 · Question 54 · Domain 4.1: Storage Cost Optimization
A company stores millions of images in Amazon S3. They do not know the access patterns of the images; some are accessed daily, while others are not accessed for months. They want to minimize storage costs without incurring retrieval fees or operational overhead. Which S3 storage class should they use?
A company stores millions of images in Amazon S3. They do not know the access patterns of the images; some are accessed daily, while others are not accessed for months. They want to minimize storage costs without incurring retrieval fees or operational overhead. Which S3 storage class should they use?
Answer options:
A.
S3 Standard
B.
S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (Standard-IA)
C.
S3 Intelligent-Tiering
D.
S3 One Zone-IA
How to approach this question
Look for 'unknown access patterns' and 'no retrieval fees'. This is the exact use case for S3 Intelligent-Tiering.
Full Answer
C.S3 Intelligent-Tiering✓ Correct
S3 Intelligent-Tiering
Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering is the only cloud storage class that delivers automatic cost savings by moving objects between four access tiers when access patterns change, without performance impact or retrieval fees.
Common mistakes
Choosing Standard-IA, forgetting that it incurs a per-GB retrieval fee.
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