AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 941

A company is generating large sets of critical data in its on-premises data center. The company needs to securely transfer the data to AWS for processing. These transfers must occur daily over a dedicated connection.
Which AWS service should the company use to meet these requirements?

Answer options

Correct answer: C

Explanation

AWS Direct Connect establishes a dedicated, private network connection from an on-premises facility to AWS, which perfectly meets the requirement for daily, secure transfers over a dedicated link. AWS Snowball is a physical appliance designed for offline, batch data transfers and is not suitable for daily ongoing transfers. AWS DataSync is a data transfer service that can utilize Direct Connect, and AWS Backup is a service for managing backups, neither of which inherently provides a dedicated network connection.