A photography company wishes to archive its extensive library of high-resolution images, which are rarely accessed but must be preserved for long-term storage. Which AWS service should they use to store these images at the lowest cost while ensuring that they remain available when needed, even if retrieval times are longer?
Amazon S3 Glacier is the best fit because it provides secure, durable, and very low-cost object storage that is purpose-built for data archiving and long-term backup. Retrieval can take minutes to hours, which is acceptable for seldom-used images. Amazon S3 Standard costs more because it is intended for data that needs rapid, frequent access. Amazon EFS offers a managed, POSIX-compliant file system for active workloads, not deep archive. Amazon EBS delivers block volumes for EC2 instances and is engineered for low-latency, high-performance workloads rather than inexpensive archival.
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