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AZ-900 · Question 31 · Domain 2.4: Azure Storage Services
You need to store compliance logs for 7 years. The data will rarely be accessed, but when it is, a retrieval time of several hours is acceptable. Which Azure Storage access tier provides the lowest storage cost for this scenario?
You need to store compliance logs for 7 years. The data will rarely be accessed, but when it is, a retrieval time of several hours is acceptable. Which Azure Storage access tier provides the lowest storage cost for this scenario?
Answer options:
A.
Hot tier
B.
Cool tier
C.
Cold tier
D.
Archive tier
How to approach this question
Identify the tier designed for long-term, rarely accessed data with high retrieval latency.
Full Answer
D.Archive tier✓ Correct
Archive tier
The Archive access tier has the lowest storage cost. However, it has higher data retrieval costs and latency compared to the hot and cool tiers. Data in the archive tier can take hours to retrieve.
Common mistakes
Choosing Cool tier. Cool tier allows immediate access, whereas Archive takes hours, which fits the scenario perfectly.
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