Exam AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate SAA-C03 topic 1 question 485 discussion

By choosing Expedited retrievals in Amazon S3 Glacier, you can reduce the retrieval time to minutes, making it suitable for scenarios where quick access is required. Expedited retrievals come with a higher cost per retrieval compared to standard retrievals but provide faster access to your archived data.

The most cost-effective solution that also meets the requirement of having the files available within a maximum of five minutes when needed is: A. Store the video archives in Amazon S3 Glacier and use Expedited retrievals. Amazon S3 Glacier is designed for long-term storage of data archives, providing a highly durable and secure solution at a low cost. With Expedited retrievals, data can be retrieved within a few minutes, which meets the requirement of having the files available within five minutes when needed. This option provides the balance between cost-effectiveness and retrieval speed, making it the best choice for the company's needs.

Occasional cost for retrieval from Glacier is nothing compared to the huge storage cost savings compared to C. Still meets the five minute requirement.

The retrieval price will play an important role here. I selected the "C" option because in "Glacier and use Expedited retrievals" its around $0.004 per GB/month and for STD-IA $0.0125 per GB/month https://www.cloudforecast.io/blog/aws-s3-pricing-and-optimization-guide/

s3 expedited can only be applied on glacier flexible retrieval storage class and s3 intelligent tiering archive access tier. so the answer should be C

I am going with option A, but it is a poorly written question. "For all but the largest archives (more than 250 MB), data accessed by using Expedited retrievals is typically made available within 1–5 minutes. "

Answer - A Fast availability: Although retrieval times for objects stored in Amazon S3 Glacier typically range from minutes to hours, you can use the Expedited retrievals option to expedite access to your archives. By using Expedited retrievals, the files can be made available in a maximum of five minutes when needed. However, Expedited retrievals do incur higher costs compared to standard retrievals.

Expedited retrievals are designed for urgent requests and can provide access to data in as little as 1-5 minutes for most archive objects. Standard retrievals typically finish within 3-5 hours for objects stored in the S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval storage class or S3 Intelligent-Tiering Archive Access tier. These retrievals typically finish within 12 hours for objects stored in the S3 Glacier Deep Archive storage class or S3 Intelligent-Tiering Deep Archive Access tier. So A.

Expedited retrievals allow you to quickly access your data that's stored in the S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval storage class or the S3 Intelligent-Tiering Archive Access tier when occasional urgent requests for restoring archives are required. Data accessed by using Expedited retrievals is typically made available within 1–5 minutes.

A for sure!

C because A is not the most cost effective

Expedited retrieval typically takes 1-5 minutes to retrieve data, making it suitable for the company's requirement of having the files available in a maximum of five minutes.

Glacier expedite

Answer - A Fast availability: Although retrieval times for objects stored in Amazon S3 Glacier typically range from minutes to hours, you can use the Expedited retrievals option to expedite access to your archives. By using Expedited retrievals, the files can be made available in a maximum of five minutes when needed. However, Expedited retrievals do incur higher costs compared to standard retrievals.

glacier expedited retrieval times of typically 1-5 minutes.