AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C02) — Question 228

A company needs to comply with a regulatory requirement that states all emails must be stored and archived externally for 7 years. An administrator has created compressed email files on premises and wants a managed service to transfer the files to AWS storage.
Which managed service should a solutions architect recommend?

Answer options

• A. Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
• B. Amazon S3 Glacier
• C. AWS Backup
• D. AWS Storage Gateway

Correct answer: D

Explanation

AWS Storage Gateway is the appropriate choice as it allows on-premises applications to seamlessly connect to cloud storage, enabling the transfer of local files to AWS. The other options, like Amazon EFS and AWS Backup, do not specifically address the need for archiving or transferring files to AWS in this context, while Amazon S3 Glacier focuses on long-term storage but isn't a direct managed service for transferring from on-premises.