A company wants to migrate 70 TB of data from its on-premises data center to AWS. The data is a mix of structured and unstructured data. The company wants to use a one-time migration strategy that is

The correct answer is C. AWS Snowball Edge. AWS Snowball Edge is the most secure and cost-effective solution for a one-time migration of large datasets (tens of terabytes). It physically transfers data to AWS without relying on network bandwidth and automatically encrypts data using AWS Key Management Service (KMS). Once d

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A company wants to migrate 70 TB of data from its on-premises data center to AWS. The data is a mix of structured and unstructured data. The company wants to use a one-time migration strategy that is secure and cost-effective. Which AWS service will meet these requirements?

Options

AAmazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
BAWS Storage Gateway
CAWS Snowball Edge
DAWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)

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A
5% (1)
B
10% (2)
C
71% (15)
D
14% (3)

Explanation

AWS Snowball Edge is the most secure and cost-effective solution for a one-time migration of large datasets (tens of terabytes). It physically transfers data to AWS without relying on network bandwidth and automatically encrypts data using AWS Key Management Service (KMS). Once data is loaded onto the Snowball Edge device, it is shipped back to AWS for import into S3 or other services, completing the migration securely and efficiently.

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