AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C03 Practice Question
A company needs to transfer 50 TB of data from its on-premises data center to cloud storage for archival purposes within one week. They have a high-speed internet connection with 500 Mbps upload bandwidth but want to minimize transfer costs. Which method should they choose to transfer the data to the cloud storage?
Use a data transfer service to transfer the data over the Internet.
Upload the data over the Internet using command-line tools.
Ship the data using a physical data transport appliance like Snowball Edge.
Establish a dedicated network connection and transfer the data directly.
Shipping the data using a physical data transport appliance like Snowball Edge provides the most cost-effective and time-efficient method for transferring large amounts of data to the cloud. It avoids the limitations of network bandwidth and reduces costs associated with prolonged Internet transfers. Transferring 50 TB over a 500 Mbps connection would take over 9 days, exceeding the one-week requirement, and could incur higher costs due to extended network usage. Using data transfer services over the Internet or uploading via command-line tools would face similar time constraints and potentially higher costs. Establishing a dedicated network connection is not feasible within a week and involves substantial setup costs.
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