AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C02) — Question 148

A solutions architect is working on optimizing a legacy document management application running on Microsoft Windows Server in an on-premises data center.
The application stores a large number of files on a network file share. The chief information officer wants to reduce the on-premises data center footprint and minimize storage costs by moving on-premises storage to AWS.
What should the solutions architect do to meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Set up an AWS Storage Gateway file gateway.
• B. Set up Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
• C. Set up AWS Storage Gateway as a volume gateway
• D. Set up an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because an AWS Storage Gateway file gateway provides a seamless integration between on-premises applications and cloud storage, allowing for easy file storage management while reducing local data center footprint. Option B, Amazon EFS, is more suited for scalable file storage rather than directly reducing on-premises footprint. Option C, volume gateway, is primarily for block storage, and option D, Amazon EBS, is for block-level storage attached to EC2 instances, which does not address the network file share requirement.