AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 271

Which AWS service provides highly durable object storage?

Answer options

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

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Amazon S3 is built specifically to provide highly durable object storage, offering 99.999999999% durability for stored items. Amazon EBS and Amazon EFS are block and file storage services respectively, while Amazon FSx provides managed third-party file systems, meaning none of them serve as native object storage.