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

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

"users retain immediate access to all file types" immediate cannot be cached -> D

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.

Answer is C go argue somewhere.

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.

"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.

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.

End users retain immediate access to all file types = Volume Gateway stored volume

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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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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

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.

It is stated the company wants to keep the data locally and have DR plan in cloud. It points directly to the volume gateway

"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.

all file types, NOT all files. Volume mode can not cache 100TBs.

"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..