AWS Certified Database – Specialty — Question 148

A database specialist must load 25 GB of data files from a company's on-premises storage to an Amazon Neptune database.
Which approach to load the data is FASTEST?

Answer options

• A. Upload the data to Amazon S3 and use the Loader command to load the data from Amazon S3 into the Neptune database.
• B. Write a utility to read the data from the on-premises storage and run INSERT statements in a loop to load the data into the Neptune database.
• C. Use the AWS CLI to load the data directly from the on-premises storage into the Neptune database.
• D. Use AWS DataSync to load the data directly from the on-premises storage into the Neptune database.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The fastest approach is to upload the data to Amazon S3 and use the Loader command, as it is optimized for bulk loading into Neptune. The other options involve either slower methods of data transfer or additional complexity, which would increase loading times.