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Exam AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate SAA-C03 topic 1 question 324 discussion

A company wants to implement a disaster recovery plan for its primary on-premises file storage volume. The file storage volume is mounted from an Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) device on a local storage server. The file storage volume holds hundreds of terabytes (TB) of data.

The company wants to ensure that end users retain immediate access to all file types from the on-premises systems without experiencing latency.

Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST amount of change to the company's existing infrastructure?

  • A. Provision an Amazon S3 File Gateway as a virtual machine (VM) that is hosted on premises. Set the local cache to 10 TB. Modify existing applications to access the files through the NFS protocol. To recover from a disaster, provision an Amazon EC2 instance and mount the S3 bucket that contains the files.
  • B. Provision an AWS Storage Gateway tape gateway. Use a data backup solution to back up all existing data to a virtual tape library. Configure the data backup solution to run nightly after the initial backup is complete. To recover from a disaster, provision an Amazon EC2 instance and restore the data to an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume from the volumes in the virtual tape library.
  • C. Provision an AWS Storage Gateway Volume Gateway cached volume. Set the local cache to 10 TB. Mount the Volume Gateway cached volume to the existing file server by using iSCSI, and copy all files to the storage volume. Configure scheduled snapshots of the storage volume. To recover from a disaster, restore a snapshot to an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume and attach the EBS volume to an Amazon EC2 instance.
  • D. Provision an AWS Storage Gateway Volume Gateway stored volume with the same amount of disk space as the existing file storage volume. Mount the Volume Gateway stored volume to the existing file server by using iSCSI, and copy all files to the storage volume. Configure scheduled snapshots of the storage volume. To recover from a disaster, restore a snapshot to an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume and attach the EBS volume to an Amazon EC2 instance.
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Grace83
Highly Voted 1 year, 3 months ago
D is the correct answer Volume Gateway CACHED Vs STORED Cached = stores a subset of frequently accessed data locally Stored = Retains the ENTIRE ("all file types") in on prem data centre
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dkw2342
Most Recent 4 months ago
Bad question. No RTO/RPO, so impossible to properly answer. They probably want to hear option D. Depending on RPO, option B is also an adequate solution (data remains immediately accessible without experiencing latency via existing infrastructure, backup to cloud for DR). Also, this option requires LESS changes to existing infra than A. Only argument against B is that VTLs are usually used for legacy DR solutions, not for new ones, where object storage such as S3 is usually supported natively.
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MrPCarrot
4 months, 1 week ago
Answer is C go argue somewhere.
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awsgeek75
6 months ago
Selected Answer: D
A,B are wrong types of gateways for hundreds of TB of data that needs immediate access on-prem. C limits to 10TB. D provides access to all the files.
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pentium75
6 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: D
"Immediate access to all file types from the on-premises systems without experiencing latency" requirement is not met by C. Also the solution is meant for DR purposes, the primary storage for the data should remain on premises.
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daniel1
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Selected Answer: C
From chatGPT4 Considering the requirements of minimal infrastructure change, immediate file access, and low-latency, Option C: Provisioning an AWS Storage Gateway Volume Gateway (cached volume) with a 10 TB local cache, seems to be the most fitting solution. This setup aligns with the existing iSCSI setup and provides a local cache for low-latency access, while also configuring scheduled snapshots for disaster recovery. In the event of a disaster, restoring a snapshot to an Amazon EBS volume and attaching it to an Amazon EC2 instance as described in this option would align with the recovery objective.
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pentium75
6 months, 1 week ago
ChatGPT is wrong. "Immediate access to all file types from the on-premises systems without experiencing latency" needs "stored volume" type. With "cached volume" not all data will be available locally.
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LoXoL
4 months, 3 weeks ago
pentium75 is right.
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TariqKipkemei
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Selected Answer: D
End users retain immediate access to all file types = Volume Gateway stored volume
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netcj
10 months ago
Selected Answer: D
"users retain immediate access to all file types" immediate cannot be cached -> D
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Guru4Cloud
10 months ago
Selected Answer: D
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alexandercamachop
1 year, 1 month ago
Selected Answer: D
Correct answer is Volume Gateway Stored which keeps all data on premises. To have immediate access to the data. Cached is for frequently accessed data only.
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omoakin
1 year, 1 month ago
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24b2e9e
2 weeks, 3 days ago
The stored volume configuration stores the entire data set on-premises and asynchronously backs up the data to AWS. The cached volume configuration stores recently accessed data on-premises, and the remaining data is stored in Amazon S3 -that is why D is right
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lucdt4
1 year, 1 month ago
Selected Answer: D
D is the correct answer Volume Gateway CACHED Vs STORED Cached = stores a data recentlly at local Stored = Retains the ENTIRE ("all file types") in on prem data centre
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rushi0611
1 year, 2 months ago
Selected Answer: D
In the cached mode, your primary data is written to S3, while retaining your frequently accessed data locally in a cache for low-latency access. In the stored mode, your primary data is stored locally and your entire dataset is available for low-latency access while asynchronously backed up to AWS. Reference: https://aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/faqs/ Good luck.
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kruasan
1 year, 2 months ago
Selected Answer: D
It is stated the company wants to keep the data locally and have DR plan in cloud. It points directly to the volume gateway
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UnluckyDucky
1 year, 3 months ago
Selected Answer: D
"The company wants to ensure that end users retain immediate access to all file types from the on-premises systems " D is the correct answer.
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CapJackSparrow
1 year, 3 months ago
Selected Answer: C
all file types, NOT all files. Volume mode can not cache 100TBs.
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eddie5049
1 year, 2 months ago
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/latest/vgw/StorageGatewayConcepts.html Stored volumes can range from 1 GiB to 16 TiB in size and must be rounded to the nearest GiB. Each gateway configured for stored volumes can support up to 32 volumes and a total volume storage of 512 TiB (0.5 PiB).
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MssP
1 year, 3 months ago
all file types. Cached only save the most frecuently or lastest accesed. If you didn´t access any type for a long time, you will not cache it -> No immediate access
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pentium75
6 months, 1 week ago
Also the solution is meant for DR purposes, it's not like they need more storage or so.
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WherecanIstart
1 year, 3 months ago
Selected Answer: D
"The company wants to ensure that end users retain immediate access to all file types from the on-premises systems " This points to stored volumes..
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