Your company generates 10-GB encrypted database backups every night. You must retain each backup for 30 days to meet compliance, but you only expect to restore a backup a few times per year. Restores must complete within minutes, and the backups must stay in the same region as the database. Which Cloud Storage configuration minimizes storage cost while meeting requirements?
Store the backups in a regional Cloud Storage bucket that uses the Nearline storage class.
Store the backups in a regional Cloud Storage bucket that uses the Archive storage class.
Store the backups in a regional Cloud Storage bucket that uses the Standard storage class.
Store the backups in a dual-region Cloud Storage bucket that uses the Coldline storage class.
Nearline storage is designed for data accessed less than once a month. It is cheaper than Standard yet offers the same millisecond-level access times, so restores can finish quickly. Its minimum storage duration is 30 days, matching the retention policy. Coldline and Archive have lower storage prices but require 90- and 365-day minimum storage durations and impose higher retrieval costs; Archive retrieval can take hours, violating the rapid-restore requirement. A dual-region bucket would further increase cost without adding needed redundancy. Therefore, a regional bucket using the Nearline storage class is the most cost-effective fit.
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