AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 764

Which AWS service or storage class provides low-cost, long-term data storage?

Answer options

• A. Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive
• B. AWS Snowball
• C. Amazon MQ
• D. AWS Storage Gateway

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive is AWS's lowest-cost storage class, specifically designed for long-term data retention and digital preservation of infrequently accessed data. Other services like AWS Snowball are meant for physical data transport, Amazon MQ is a message broker service, and AWS Storage Gateway connects on-premises environments to cloud storage.