AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 288

A company has a physical tape library to store data backups. The tape library is running out of space. The company needs to extend the tape library's capacity to the AWS Cloud.

Which AWS service should the company use to meet this requirement?

Answer options

• A. Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
• B. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
• C. Amazon S3
• D. AWS Storage Gateway

Correct answer: D

Explanation

AWS Storage Gateway offers a Tape Gateway configuration that enables organizations to seamlessly replace physical tapes with virtual tapes in AWS without altering existing backup workflows. In contrast, Amazon S3, Amazon EBS, and Amazon EFS are standard object, block, and file storage services that do not natively emulate physical tape libraries or integrate directly with tape-based backup software.