Exam Associate Cloud Engineer topic 1 question 266 discussion

• Transfer Appliance for Video Files: Given the large size of the video files (200 TB) in SAN storage, using Google's Transfer Appliance is a practical solution. Transfer Appliance is a hardware solution provided by Google for transferring large amounts of data. It is well-suited for scenarios where uploading data over the internet is too slow or not feasible. • BigQuery Data Transfer Service for Data Warehouse Data: To migrate data from Amazon Redshift to BigQuery, the BigQuery Data Transfer Service is the appropriate tool. It automates the migration of data from several sources, including Amazon Redshift, into BigQuery. • Storage Transfer Service for PNG Files: The Storage Transfer Service is ideal for moving data from Amazon S3 to Google Cloud Storage. It simplifies the process of importing your PNG files from S3 to a Cloud Storage bucket.

We need the Transfer Appliance for the video.

I think the answer is B. The controversy is whether the answer is B or C, i.e. whether one should use the transfer appliance or storage transfer service. From my knowledge, storage transfer service is not applicable for SAN, so the answer should be B.

If it is on-prem to cloud, transfer appliance. Storage transfer service is for transferring data between buckets.

C. Explanation: - Storage Transfer Service: It provides a straightforward way to transfer large amounts of data from an on-premises data source or cloud storage provider to Cloud Storage without writing code. This service can efficiently handle the migration of video files and PNG files. - BigQuery Data Transfer Service: This service allows the transfer of data from various sources, including Amazon Redshift, directly into BigQuery. It simplifies and automates the migration of data warehouse data without coding requirements.

C makes sense. Use transfer appliance for vid

C makes more sense

B. Use Transfer Appliance for the videos, BigQuery Data Transfer Service for the data warehouse data, and Storage Transfer Service for the PNG files: Transfer Appliance is designed for moving large amounts of data (like 200 TB of videos) into Google Cloud Storage. The BigQuery Data Transfer Service automates data movement from several sources, including Amazon Redshift, into BigQuery. Storage Transfer Service is appropriate for moving data from Amazon S3 to Google Cloud Storage.

ChatGPT says the answer is C.

B. Use Transfer Appliance for the videos, BigQuery Data Transfer Service for the data warehouse data, and Storage Transfer Service for the PNG files.