SAP-C02 Question 584
Single answerA company is planning to migrate 200 TB of data from their on-premises data center to an Amazon S3 bucket. The data transfer must be completed within a week, and the on-premises network has limited bandwidth, making an online transfer impractical. The data contains sensitive information, and the company needs to ensure secure and efficient transfer with minimal manual intervention. Which AWS service or combination of services should the company use to meet these requirements?
- A
AWS Snowball Edge
- B
AWS DataSync
- C
AWS Transfer Family
- D
S3 Transfer Acceleration
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The company requires a solution for transferring 200 TB of data securely and quickly without relying on their limited network bandwidth. AWS Snowball Edge is specifically designed for such scenarios, as it provides a secure, offline method to transfer large amounts of data to AWS. Other options like DataSync, Transfer Family, and S3 Transfer Acceleration are better suited for network-based transfers, which are impractical here due to bandwidth limitations.
- A. Correct.
AWS Snowball Edge is the correct choice for large-scale data migrations when network bandwidth is limited. It allows secure, offline transfer of large volumes of data with minimal manual intervention.
- B. Incorrect.
AWS DataSync is ideal for online data transfers over a network but is not suitable here due to the limited on-premises network bandwidth.
- C. Incorrect.
AWS Transfer Family is used for managed file transfers over protocols like SFTP, FTPS, or FTP. It is not designed for bulk data migration in this scenario.
- D. Incorrect.
S3 Transfer Acceleration is used to speed up transfers over the internet to S3, but it relies on available network bandwidth. Since the on-premises network is constrained, this is not a viable option.