A company needs to use an offline transfer strategy to move petabytes of databases, backups, and data records from on premises to the AWS Cloud. Which solution will meet this requirement with the MOST

The correct answer is A. AWS Snowball Edge compute-optimized devices. AWS Snowball Edge compute-optimized devices are designed for large-scale offline data transfers to AWS. They are ideal for transferring petabytes of data, providing high-capacity storage, and additional compute capabilities for processing data before or during transfer. This solu

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A company needs to use an offline transfer strategy to move petabytes of databases, backups, and data records from on premises to the AWS Cloud. Which solution will meet this requirement with the MOST operational efficiency?

Options

AAWS Snowball Edge compute-optimized devices
BAWS Snowcone devices
CAWS Storage Gateway
DAWS DataSync

How the community answered

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A
87% (54)
B
3% (2)
C
2% (1)
D
8% (5)

Explanation

AWS Snowball Edge compute-optimized devices are designed for large-scale offline data transfers to AWS. They are ideal for transferring petabytes of data, providing high-capacity storage, and additional compute capabilities for processing data before or during transfer. This solution offers the most operational efficiency for large-scale data migrations where network- based transfers are not feasible.

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