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SAA-C03 · Question #397

A company is creating a web application that will store a large number of images in Amazon S3. The images will be accessed by users over variable periods of time. The company wants to: Retain all…

The correct answer is A. Implement S3 Intelligent-Tiering. S3 Intelligent-Tiering is designed for data with unknown or changing access patterns. It automatically moves objects between frequent and infrequent access tiers as needed, with no retrieval fees for accessing data in any tier, and no performance impact. Minimal management…

Submitted by weili_xi· Mar 4, 2026Design Cost-Optimized Architectures

Question

A company is creating a web application that will store a large number of images in Amazon S3. The images will be accessed by users over variable periods of time. The company wants to:

Retain all the images. Incur no cost for retrieval. Have minimal management overhead. Have the images available with no impact on retrieval time. Which solution meets these requirements?

Options

  • AImplement S3 Intelligent-Tiering.
  • BImplement S3 storage class analysis.
  • CImplement an S3 Lifecycle policy to move data to S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-
  • DImplement an S3 Lifecycle policy to move data to S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access (S3 One Zone-

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • A
    81% (22)
  • B
    11% (3)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    4% (1)

Explanation

S3 Intelligent-Tiering is designed for data with unknown or changing access patterns. It automatically moves objects between frequent and infrequent access tiers as needed, with no retrieval fees for accessing data in any tier, and no performance impact. Minimal management overhead is required because AWS manages all transitions automatically. This class is cost- optimized and meets all requirements listed.

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