A company is in the process of migrating their on-premises workloads to the cloud. As part of this migration, they need to move large amounts of infrequently accessed data to a cost-effective storage solution. Which of the following options is the BEST choice for this scenario?
Implementing a hybrid storage strategy combining on-premises and cloud storage
Migrating to a long-term storage tier within an object storage service
Utilizing file storage with flash-based arrays
Converting to block storage volumes with high IOPS
Given the requirement for storing large amounts of infrequently accessed data, the best choice is moving the data to object storage with a long-term storage tier. Object storage is suitable for unstructured data and can be more cost-effective for infrequently accessed data. This storage type also allows for scalability and the long-term tier optimizes costs for data that doesn't require frequent retrieval. Block storage is typically used for high I/O-intensive workloads like databases and isn't as cost-effective for this scenario. File storage wouldn't provide the same cost benefits for infrequently accessed data compared to an object storage long-term tier. Lastly, hybrid storage would involve a mixture of storage types which may not be necessary and could potentially increase complexity and costs for this specific use case.
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