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DEA-C01 · Question #3

A data engineer needs to securely transfer 5 TB of data from an on-premises data center to an Amazon S3 bucket. Approximately 5% of the data changes every day. Updates to the data need to be regularly

The correct answer is A. AWS DataSync. AWS DataSync is a managed data transfer service that simplifies and accelerates moving large amounts of data online between on-premises storage and Amazon S3, EFS, or FSx for Windows File Server. DataSync is optimized for efficient, incremental, and reliable transfers of large da

Data Ingestion and Transformation

Question

A data engineer needs to securely transfer 5 TB of data from an on-premises data center to an Amazon S3 bucket. Approximately 5% of the data changes every day. Updates to the data need to be regularly proliferated to the S3 bucket. The data includes files that are in multiple formats. The data engineer needs to automate the transfer process and must schedule the process to run periodically. Which AWS service should the data engineer use to transfer the data in the MOST operationally efficient way?

Options

  • AAWS DataSync
  • BAWS Glue
  • CAWS Direct Connect
  • DAmazon S3 Transfer Acceleration

How the community answered

(45 responses)
  • A
    82% (37)
  • B
    11% (5)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    2% (1)

Explanation

AWS DataSync is a managed data transfer service that simplifies and accelerates moving large amounts of data online between on-premises storage and Amazon S3, EFS, or FSx for Windows File Server. DataSync is optimized for efficient, incremental, and reliable transfers of large datasets, making it suitable for transferring 5 TB of data with daily updates.

Topics

#On-premises data transfer#AWS DataSync#Automated data transfer#Incremental data synchronization

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