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    PracticeAWS Solutions Architect Professional (SAP-C02)AWS Solutions Architect Professional SAP-C02 Practice Exam 5Question 13
    Medium1 markMultiple Choice
    Domain 3.5: Cost OptimizationStorageCost OptimizationS3

    AWS SAP-C02 · Question 13 · Domain 3.5: Cost Optimization

    A data analytics company ingests 5 TB of telemetry data daily into Amazon S3. The data is heavily queried using Amazon Athena for the first 30 days, occasionally queried for the next 90 days, and rarely accessed thereafter, though it must be retained for 7 years for compliance. The company wants to minimize storage costs without impacting the performance of the daily analytics. Which S3 lifecycle policy is MOST cost-effective?

    Answer options:

    A.

    Transition to S3 Intelligent-Tiering immediately. Transition to S3 Glacier Deep Archive after 120 days.

    B.

    Keep in S3 Standard for 30 days, transition to S3 Standard-IA for 90 days, then transition to S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval for 7 years.

    C.

    Transition to S3 One Zone-IA after 30 days, then to S3 Glacier Deep Archive after 120 days.

    D.

    Keep in S3 Standard for 120 days, then transition directly to S3 Glacier Deep Archive.

    How to approach this question

    Match the access patterns (frequent -> unpredictable/occasional -> rare) to the most cost-effective S3 storage classes.

    Full Answer

    A.Transition to S3 Intelligent-Tiering immediately. Transition to S3 Glacier Deep Archive after 120 days.✓ Correct
    S3 Intelligent-Tiering is ideal for data with changing access patterns (heavy for 30 days, occasional for 90). It automatically moves data to the most cost-effective access tier without performance impact or retrieval fees. For the 7-year compliance retention, S3 Glacier Deep Archive provides the lowest cost storage.

    Common mistakes

    Choosing Standard-IA, which incurs retrieval fees that can negate storage savings if data is queried unexpectedly.
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