AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty (ANS-C00) — Question 23

Your company needs to leverage Amazon Simple Storage Solution (S3) for backup and archiving. According to company policy, data should not flow on the public
Internet even if data is encrypted. You have set up two S3 buckets in us-east-1 and us-west-2. Your company data center is located on the West Coast of the
United States. The design must be cost-effective and enable minimal latency.
Which design should you set up?

Answer options

• A. An AWS Direct Connect connection to us-east-1 and a Direct Connect connection to us-west-2.
• B. An AWS Direct Connect connection to us-east-1.
• C. An AWS Direct Connect connection to us-west-2.
• D. An AWS Direct Connect connection to us-west-2 and a VPN connection to us-east-1.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because establishing AWS Direct Connect connections to both us-east-1 and us-west-2 ensures a private and low-latency connection to the S3 buckets, adhering to the company's policy against using the public Internet. Options B and C only provide access to one region, which could lead to higher latency or potential compliance issues. Option D introduces unnecessary complexity and does not optimize the connection for both regions.