AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C02) — Question 76

A media company stores video content in an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume. A certain video file has become popular and a large number of users across the world are accessing this content. This has resulted in a cost increase.
Which action will DECREASE cost without compromising user accessibility?

Answer options

• A. Change the EBS volume to Provisioned IOPS (PIOPS).
• B. Store the video in an Amazon S3 bucket and create an Amazon CloudFront distribution.
• C. Split the video into multiple, smaller segments so users are routed to the requested video segments only.
• D. Clear an Amazon S3 bucket in each Region and upload the videos so users are routed to the nearest S3 bucket.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because storing the video in Amazon S3 and using CloudFront allows for efficient content delivery and reduces costs associated with high traffic, as S3 is designed for scalability. Options A, C, and D do not effectively address cost reduction while maintaining accessibility; A focuses on performance rather than cost, C may complicate access, and D involves unnecessary data management without leveraging CloudFront's capabilities.