ExpertAWS 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?
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?
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Transition to S3 Intelligent-Tiering immediately. Transition to S3 Glacier Deep Archive after 120 days.
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.
Transition to S3 One Zone-IA after 30 days, then to S3 Glacier Deep Archive after 120 days.
Keep in S3 Standard for 120 days, then transition directly to S3 Glacier Deep Archive.
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