The object storage service provides three storage categories. Which one of the storage categories listed below does not belong to them?

Question

Options

• AStandard Storage
• BHigh frequency access storage
• CInfrequent access to storage
• DArchival storage

• A
  6% (2)
• B
  83% (29)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  9% (3)

Explanation

Option B does not belong because object storage services universally define their tiers around how infrequently data is accessed, not by separating "standard" from "high frequency" - Standard Storage already covers all frequent/high-frequency access use cases, making a separate "High frequency access" tier redundant and non-existent.

Why the others are valid categories:

• A (Standard Storage): The default tier for actively accessed data with low latency - present in every major object storage offering (AWS S3, GCS, Alibaba OSS, etc.).
• C (Infrequent Access Storage): A lower-cost tier designed for data accessed once a month or less, trading retrieval cost for storage savings.
• D (Archival Storage): The coldest, cheapest tier for long-term retention where retrieval can take minutes to hours (e.g., AWS Glacier, GCS Archive).

Memory tip: Think of the tiers as a temperature scale - Hot (Standard) → Warm (Infrequent Access) → Cold (Archive). Any answer that invents a fourth tier above "hot" (like "high frequency") is the odd one out, since Standard already handles all hot/frequent access.

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