AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) — Question 765

A company runs containers in a Kubernetes environment in the company's local data center. The company wants to use Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) and other AWS managed services. Data must remain locally in the company's data center and cannot be stored in any remote site or cloud to maintain compliance.

Which solution will meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Deploy AWS Local Zones in the company's data center.
• B. Use an AWS Snowmobile in the company's data center.
• C. Install an AWS Outposts rack in the company's data center.
• D. Install an AWS Snowball Edge Storage Optimized node in the data center.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

AWS Outposts allows organizations to run AWS infrastructure and services, including Amazon EKS, directly on-premises in their own data center, keeping all data local for compliance. AWS Local Zones are managed by AWS and located in specific metropolitan areas, not customer data centers. AWS Snow family devices are designed for data migration and edge computing but do not offer the same persistent integration of AWS managed services like Outposts.