AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C02) — Question 472

A company has several business systems that require access to data stored in a file share. The business systems will access the file share using the Server
Message Block (SMB) protocol. The file share solution should be accessible from both of the company's legacy on-premises environments and with AWS.
Which services meet the business requirements? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
• B. Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
• C. Amazon FSx for Windows
• D. Amazon S3
• E. AWS Storage Gateway file gateway

Correct answer: C, E

Explanation

Amazon FSx for Windows provides fully managed file shares that natively support the SMB protocol and can be accessed from on-premises over VPN or AWS Direct Connect. AWS Storage Gateway file gateway enables on-premises applications to seamlessly access file shares in the cloud using the SMB protocol. Amazon EBS is block storage, Amazon EFS uses NFS instead of SMB, and Amazon S3 is object storage that does not natively support SMB file sharing.