AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 248

Which AWS service or resource helps on-premises applications connect to AWS Cloud-based storage and caches the data locally for low-latency access?

Answer options

• A. AWS Direct Connect
• B. AWS Storage Gateway
• C. Amazon S3
• D. AWS Snowball Edge

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is AWS Storage Gateway, as it is specifically designed to bridge on-premises applications with AWS Cloud storage while providing local caching for low-latency access. AWS Direct Connect is used to establish a dedicated network connection to AWS but does not handle storage. Amazon S3 is a storage service without caching capabilities, and AWS Snowball Edge is primarily for data transfer rather than ongoing connectivity and caching.