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SAA-C03 · Question #704

A company runs an application on premises. The application stores files that the application servers process in a shared storage system. The company uses Linux file system permissions to control…

The correct answer is D. Migrate the files to an Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) file system. Mount the EFS file. Amazon EFS provides a shared, POSIX-compliant file system that can be mounted concurrently by multiple EC2 instances across multiple Availability Zones. It supports standard Linux file system permissions, allowing the application to operate without code changes while…

Submitted by brentm· Mar 4, 2026Design Resilient Architectures

Question

A company runs an application on premises. The application stores files that the application servers process in a shared storage system. The company uses Linux file system permissions to control access to the files. The company plans to migrate the application servers to Amazon EC2 instances across multiple Availability Zones. The company does not want to change the application code. Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options

  • AMigrate the files to an Amazon S3 bucket. Use the S3 Intelligent-Tiering storage class. Mount the
  • BMigrate the files to a set of Amazon EC2 instance store volumes. Mount the instance store
  • CMigrate the files to a set of Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volumes. Mount the EBS
  • DMigrate the files to an Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) file system. Mount the EFS file

How the community answered

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  • A
    10% (3)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    83% (24)

Explanation

Amazon EFS provides a shared, POSIX-compliant file system that can be mounted concurrently by multiple EC2 instances across multiple Availability Zones. It supports standard Linux file system permissions, allowing the application to operate without code changes while maintaining shared access to files.

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