AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) — Question 115

A company uses 50 TB of data for reporting. The company wants to move this data from on premises to AWS. A custom application in the company’s data center runs a weekly data transformation job. The company plans to pause the application until the data transfer is complete and needs to begin the transfer process as soon as possible.
The data center does not have any available network bandwidth for additional workloads. A solutions architect must transfer the data and must configure the transformation job to continue to run in the AWS Cloud.
Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?

Answer options

• A. Use AWS DataSync to move the data. Create a custom transformation job by using AWS Glue.
• B. Order an AWS Snowcone device to move the data. Deploy the transformation application to the device.
• C. Order an AWS Snowball Edge Storage Optimized device. Copy the data to the device. Create a custom transformation job by using AWS Glue.
• D. Order an AWS Snowball Edge Storage Optimized device that includes Amazon EC2 compute. Copy the data to the device. Create a new EC2 instance on AWS to run the transformation application.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because it allows for the data to be transferred efficiently using AWS Snowball Edge and provides the ability to create a custom transformation job with AWS Glue once the data is on AWS. Options A and B do not adequately address the requirement for transferring large amounts of data without existing network bandwidth, while option D adds unnecessary complexity by including EC2 compute when AWS Glue can handle the transformation.