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SAA-C03 · Question #123

A media company is using video conversion tools that run on Amazon EC2 instances. The video conversion tools run on a combination of Windows EC2 instances and Linux EC2 instances. Each video file is…

The correct answer is C. Deploy Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) with Max I/O performance mode. Amazon EFSwithMax I/O performance modeis designed for workloads that require high levels of parallelism, such as video processing across multiple EC2 instances. EFS provides shared file storage that can be mounted on both Windows and Linux EC2 instances, and the Max I/O mode…

Submitted by tyler.j· Mar 4, 2026Design High-Performing Architectures

Question

A media company is using video conversion tools that run on Amazon EC2 instances. The video conversion tools run on a combination of Windows EC2 instances and Linux EC2 instances. Each video file is tens of gigabytes in size. The video conversion tools must process the video files in the shortest possible amount of time. The company needs a single, centralized file storage solution that can be mounted on all the EC2 instances that host the video conversion tools. Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options

  • ADeploy Amazon FSx for Windows File Server with hard disk drive (HDD) storage.
  • BDeploy Amazon FSx for Windows File Server with solid state drive (SSD) storage.
  • CDeploy Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) with Max I/O performance mode.
  • DDeploy Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) with General Purpose performance mode.

How the community answered

(58 responses)
  • A
    3% (2)
  • B
    16% (9)
  • C
    76% (44)
  • D
    5% (3)

Explanation

Amazon EFSwithMax I/O performance modeis designed for workloads that require high levels of parallelism, such as video processing across multiple EC2 instances. EFS provides shared file storage that can be mounted on both Windows and Linux EC2 instances, and the Max I/O mode ensures the best performance for handling large files and concurrent access across multiple Option A and B (FSx for Windows File Server): FSx for Windows File Server is optimized for Windows workloads and would not be ideal for Linux instances or high-throughput, parallel Option D (EFS General Purpose mode): General Purpose mode offers lower latency but doesn't support the high throughput needed for large, concurrent workloads.

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