AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) — Question 281

A university research laboratory needs to migrate 30 TB of data from an on-premises Windows file server to Amazon FSx for Windows File Server. The laboratory has a 1 Gbps network link that many other departments in the university share.

The laboratory wants to implement a data migration service that will maximize the performance of the data transfer. However, the laboratory needs to be able to control the amount of bandwidth that the service uses to minimize the impact on other departments. The data migration must take place within the next 5 days.

Which AWS solution will meet these requirements?

Answer options

Correct answer: C

Explanation

AWS DataSync is designed for high-performance online data transfers and supports built-in bandwidth throttling, which allows the laboratory to copy the 30 TB of data over the shared 1 Gbps link within the 5-day limit without exhausting network capacity. AWS Snowcone is incorrect because its physical storage capacity is limited to 8 TB, which is insufficient for a 30 TB migration. Amazon FSx File Gateway is a hybrid storage caching solution rather than a bulk migration tool, and AWS Transfer Family is designed for FTP/SFTP/FTPS transfers rather than direct SMB file share migrations.