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GCP ACE · Question 16 · Domain 2.3: Planning and configuring data storage options
You need to store 50 TB of compliance logs. These logs must be kept for 5 years for regulatory reasons. They will likely never be accessed, but if they are, you can wait a few hours to retrieve them. You need the lowest possible storage cost.
Which Cloud Storage class should you use?
You need to store 50 TB of compliance logs. These logs must be kept for 5 years for regulatory reasons. They will likely never be accessed, but if they are, you can wait a few hours to retrieve them. You need the lowest possible storage cost.
Which Cloud Storage class should you use?
Answer options:
A.
Standard Storage
B.
Nearline Storage
C.
Coldline Storage
D.
Archive Storage
How to approach this question
Identify the storage class designed for data accessed less than once a year with the lowest at-rest cost.
Full Answer
D.Archive Storage✓ Correct
Archive Storage is the lowest-cost storage class in GCP. It is designed for data archiving, online backup, and disaster recovery. It is intended for data accessed less than once a year. Note: Unlike AWS Glacier, GCP Archive storage still provides millisecond access times, even though the prompt says you can wait.
Common mistakes
Choosing Coldline. While Coldline is cheap, Archive is the absolute lowest cost for data kept for years and rarely accessed.
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