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GCP ACE · Question 16 · Domain 2.3: Planning and configuring data storage options
Your company needs to store petabytes of compliance logs. These logs must be kept for 7 years but are typically only accessed once a year during an audit. You need to select the most cost-effective Cloud Storage class for this data.
Which storage class should you choose?
Your company needs to store petabytes of compliance logs. These logs must be kept for 7 years but are typically only accessed once a year during an audit. You need to select the most cost-effective Cloud Storage class for this data.
Which storage class should you choose?
Answer options:
A.
Standard Storage
B.
Nearline Storage
C.
Coldline Storage
D.
Archive Storage
How to approach this question
Match the access frequency (once a year) with the corresponding Cloud Storage class.
Full Answer
D.Archive Storage✓ Correct
Archive Storage
Cloud Storage classes are optimized for different access frequencies. Archive storage has the lowest at-rest storage cost and is intended for data accessed less than once a year. Note that it has higher data retrieval costs and a minimum storage duration of 365 days.
Common mistakes
Choosing Coldline, which is meant for data accessed once a quarter, not once a year.
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