AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 412

A company needs to centralize the periodic backups that are being created for Amazon EC2 instances and an Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) file system.

Which AWS service will meet this requirement with MINIMAL operational effort?

Answer options

• A. Amazon S3
• B. AWS Data Pipeline
• C. AWS Backup
• D. AWS Storage Gateway

Correct answer: C

Explanation

AWS Backup is a fully managed service designed specifically to centralize and automate data protection across multiple AWS services, including Amazon EC2 and Amazon EFS, with minimal operational effort. While Amazon S3 can store backup data, it does not natively provide centralized backup management and scheduling for EC2 and EFS. AWS Data Pipeline and AWS Storage Gateway are designed for data movement and hybrid cloud storage integration, respectively, rather than automated multi-service backup orchestration.