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SAA-C03 · Question #477

An analytics application runs on multiple Amazon EC2 Linux instances that use Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) Standard storage. The files vary in size and access frequency. The company…

The correct answer is C. Configure files to transition back to Standard storage when a user accesses the files again. Amazon EFS allows automatic transitions to Infrequent Access (IA) and back to Standard when accessed again using the lifecycle policy. By specifying the bursting throughput mode, throughput scales automatically with file system size. "With EFS Lifecycle Management, you can…

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

Question

An analytics application runs on multiple Amazon EC2 Linux instances that use Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) Standard storage. The files vary in size and access frequency. The company accesses the files infrequently after 30 days. However, users sometimes request older files to generate reports. The company wants to reduce storage costs for files that are accessed infrequently. The company also wants throughput to adjust based on the size of the file system. The company wants to use the TransitionToIA Amazon EFS lifecycle policy to transition files to Infrequent Access (IA) storage after 30 days. Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options

  • AConfigure files to transition back to Standard storage when a user accesses the files again.
  • BSpecify the provisioned throughput mode only.
  • CConfigure files to transition back to Standard storage when a user accesses the files again.
  • DSpecify the bursting throughput mode only.

How the community answered

(36 responses)
  • A
    6% (2)
  • B
    14% (5)
  • C
    75% (27)
  • D
    6% (2)

Explanation

Amazon EFS allows automatic transitions to Infrequent Access (IA) and back to Standard when accessed again using the lifecycle policy. By specifying the bursting throughput mode, throughput scales automatically with file system size. "With EFS Lifecycle Management, you can automatically move files to EFS Infrequent Access storage and automatically return them to Standard storage when accessed." "The Bursting Throughput mode scales with your file system size." This option matches all requirements: Auto transition to IA after 30 days. Auto transition back to Standard on access. Bursting throughput for scaling with file system size.

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