AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C02) — Question 80

A company is looking for a solution that can store video archives in AWS from old news footage. The company needs to minimize costs and will rarely need to restore these files. When the files are needed, they must be available in a maximum of five minutes.
What is the MOST cost-effective solution?

Answer options

• A. Store the video archives in Amazon S3 Glacier and use Expedited retrievals.
• B. Store the video archives in Amazon S3 Glacier and use Standard retrievals.
• C. Store the video archives in Amazon S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-IA).
• D. Store the video archives in Amazon S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access (S3 One Zone-IA).

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Option A is the best choice because Amazon S3 Glacier with Expedited retrievals allows for quick access within five minutes while keeping costs low. Option B, while it also uses S3 Glacier, has longer retrieval times and would not meet the requirement. Options C and D are not cost-effective for long-term storage of infrequently accessed data compared to Glacier.