AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02) — Question 35

A company is storing data on premises on a Windows file server. The company produces 5 GB of new data daily.
The company migrated part of its Windows-based workload to AWS and needs the data to be available on a file system in the cloud. The company already has established an AWS Direct Connect connection between the on-premises network and AWS.
Which data migration strategy should the company use?

Answer options

• A. Use the file gateway option in AWS Storage Gateway to replace the existing Windows file server, and point the existing file share to the new file gateway.
• B. Use AWS DataSync to schedule a daily task to replicate data between the on-premises Windows file server and Amazon FSx.
• C. Use AWS Data Pipeline to schedule a daily task to replicate data between the on-premises Windows file server and Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS).
• D. Use AWS DataSync to schedule a daily task to replicate data between the on-premises Windows file server and Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS).

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because AWS DataSync is specifically designed for efficiently transferring large amounts of data between on-premises storage and AWS services like Amazon FSx. While option A suggests using a file gateway, it does not directly address the need for scheduling replication tasks. Options C and D propose using AWS Data Pipeline and EFS, which are not the best fit for the specified requirement of transferring data to Amazon FSx.