AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C02) — Question 89

A company has 150 TB of archived image data stored on-premises that needs to be moved to the AWS Cloud within the next month. The company's current network connection allows up to 100 Mbps uploads for this purpose during the night only.
What is the MOST cost-effective mechanism to move this data and meet the migration deadline?

Answer options

• A. Use AWS Snowmobile to ship the data to AWS.
• B. Order multiple AWS Snowball devices to ship the data to AWS.
• C. Enable Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration and securely upload the data.
• D. Create an Amazon S3 VPC endpoint and establish a VPN to upload the data.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct choice is B, as ordering multiple AWS Snowball devices allows for the efficient transfer of large amounts of data without the limitations of the existing network bandwidth. Option A, AWS Snowmobile, is generally used for petabyte-scale data transfer, while options C and D would not be cost-effective for transferring 150 TB given the slow upload speed of the current network.