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ASSOCIATE-CLOUD-ENGINEER · Question #355

Your digital media company stores a large number of video files on-premises. Each video file ranges from 100 MB to 100 GB. You are currently storing 150 TB of video data in your on- premises network,

The correct answer is D. Use Storage Transfer Service to move the data from the selected on-premises file storage. Using Storage Transfer Service: Storage Transfer Service is specifically designed for moving large amounts of data between online storage systems, including on-premises file systems and Cloud Storage. It offers features like filtering by file age, scheduling transfers, and bandwi

Submitted by ricky.ec· Mar 30, 2026Deploying and implementing a cloud solution

Question

Your digital media company stores a large number of video files on-premises. Each video file ranges from 100 MB to 100 GB. You are currently storing 150 TB of video data in your on- premises network, with no room for expansion. You need to migrate all infrequently accessed video files older than one year to Cloud Storage to ensure that on-premises storage remains available for new files. You must also minimize costs and control bandwidth usage. What should you do?

Options

  • ACreate a Cloud Storage bucket. Establish an Identity and Access Management (IAM) role with
  • BSet up a Cloud Interconnect connection between the on-premises network and Google Cloud.
  • CUse Transfer Appliance to request an appliance. Load the data locally, and ship the appliance
  • DUse Storage Transfer Service to move the data from the selected on-premises file storage

How the community answered

(55 responses)
  • A
    5% (3)
  • B
    15% (8)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    78% (43)

Explanation

Using Storage Transfer Service: Storage Transfer Service is specifically designed for moving large amounts of data between online storage systems, including on-premises file systems and Cloud Storage. It offers features like filtering by file age, scheduling transfers, and bandwidth control, directly addressing all the requirements of the question: migrating infrequently accessed files older than one year to Cloud Storage, minimizing costs (by using appropriate Cloud Storage classes for infrequent access), and controlling bandwidth usage.

Topics

#Storage Transfer Service#data migration#Cloud Storage#bandwidth control

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