SAA-C03 · Question #191
A finance company uses backup software to back up its data to physical tape storage on- premises. To comply with regulations, the company needs to store the data for 7 years. The company must be able
The correct answer is C. Use AWS Storage Gateway Tape Gateway to copy the data to virtual tapes. Migrate the virtual. AWS Storage Gateway Tape Gateway provides a seamless way to migrate backup data to AWS without requiring changes to the backup software. Migrating to S3 Glacier Deep Archive ensures long-term, cost-effective storage for data that rarely needs retrieval. Option A:S3 Standard-IA is
Question
A finance company uses backup software to back up its data to physical tape storage on- premises. To comply with regulations, the company needs to store the data for 7 years. The company must be able to restore archived data within one week when necessary. The company wants to migrate the backup data to AWS to reduce costs. The company does not want to change the current backup software. Which solution will meet these requirements MOST cost- effectively?
Options
- AUse AWS Storage Gateway Tape Gateway to copy the data to virtual tapes. Use AWS DataSync
- BConvert the physical tapes to virtual tapes. Use AWS DataSync to migrate the virtual tapes to
- CUse AWS Storage Gateway Tape Gateway to copy the data to virtual tapes. Migrate the virtual
- DConvert the physical tapes to virtual tapes. Use AWS Snowball Edge storage-optimized devices
How the community answered
(19 responses)- A11% (2)
- C84% (16)
- D5% (1)
Explanation
AWS Storage Gateway Tape Gateway provides a seamless way to migrate backup data to AWS without requiring changes to the backup software. Migrating to S3 Glacier Deep Archive ensures long-term, cost-effective storage for data that rarely needs retrieval. Option A:S3 Standard-IA is more expensive than Glacier for long-term storage. Option B and D:Glacier Flexible Retrieval is costlier than Glacier Deep Archive for archival use cases with low retrieval frequency.
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