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ASSOCIATE-CLOUD-ENGINEER · Question #390

Your company would like to store invoices and other financial documents in Google Cloud. You need to identify a Google-managed solution to store this information for your company. You must ensure…

The correct answer is A. Use Cloud Storage with Object Lifecycle Management to change the object storage class to. Cloud Storage for Document Storage: Cloud Storage is a Google-managed, cost-effective solution for storing files like invoices and financial documents. It supports multiple storage classes that allow you to optimize for both performance and cost based on how frequently data is…

Submitted by devops_kid· Mar 30, 2026Planning and configuring a cloud solution

Question

Your company would like to store invoices and other financial documents in Google Cloud. You need to identify a Google-managed solution to store this information for your company. You must ensure that the documents are kept for a duration of three years. Your company's analysts need frequent access to invoices from the past six months. After six months, invoices should be archived for audit purposes only. You want to minimize costs and follow Google-recommended practices. What should you do?

Options

  • AUse Cloud Storage with Object Lifecycle Management to change the object storage class to
  • BUse Cloud Storage with Object Lifecycle Management to change the object storage class to
  • CStore your documents on Filestore, and move the documents to Cloud Storage with object storage
  • DStore your documents on Filestore, and move the documents to Cloud Storage with object storage

How the community answered

(42 responses)
  • A
    76% (32)
  • B
    14% (6)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    7% (3)

Explanation

Cloud Storage for Document Storage: Cloud Storage is a Google-managed, cost-effective solution for storing files like invoices and financial documents. It supports multiple storage classes that allow you to optimize for both performance and cost based on how frequently data is accessed. Lifecycle Management: By using Object Lifecycle Management, you can automatically transition objects from one storage class to another based on rules you define. In this scenario: First six months: The documents are frequently accessed by analysts, so they should be kept in the Standard storage class, which offers low latency and high availability. After six months: Since the invoices are only needed for audit purposes, they can be transitioned to a lower-cost storage class. Coldline is designed for data that is accessed less frequently and offers lower storage costs at the expense of higher access costs. This transition minimizes costs while ensuring the data is still retained for the required three-year

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#Object Lifecycle Management#Cloud Storage classes#Archive storage#cost optimization

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