CV0-003 · Question #220
Which of the following would be considered use cases for Object-Based Storage? (Select two.)
The correct answer is B. Cloud-based storage D. Data archival solution. Object-based storage is optimized for unstructured data at scale, making cloud storage platforms and data archival its primary use cases.
Question
Which of the following would be considered use cases for Object-Based Storage? (Select two.)
Options
- ATransactional database
- BCloud-based storage
- CWeb server platform
- DData archival solution
- EEnterprise email services
How the community answered
(14 responses)- B93% (13)
- C7% (1)
Why each option
Object-based storage is optimized for unstructured data at scale, making cloud storage platforms and data archival its primary use cases.
Transactional databases require low-latency, consistent block-level or row-level access that object storage cannot provide due to its eventual consistency model and lack of in-place update support.
Cloud storage services such as AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, and Google Cloud Storage are built entirely on object storage architecture, which handles massive volumes of unstructured data with high durability and global HTTP-based accessibility.
A web server platform requires a traditional file system with executable permissions and directory structures that object storage does not natively support as a compute hosting environment.
Data archival is a core object storage use case because it provides cost-effective, highly durable storage for large volumes of infrequently accessed data, as demonstrated by services like AWS S3 Glacier.
Enterprise email services depend on structured, indexed, real-time message stores that are incompatible with object storage's metadata-based retrieval and eventual consistency characteristics.
Concept tested: Object storage appropriate use cases
Source: https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/object-storage/
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