A company plans to use an Amazon Snowball Edge device to transfer files to the AWS Cloud. Which activities related to a Snowball Edge device are available to the company at no cost?
A.
Use of the Snowball Edge appliance for a 10-day period
B.
The transfer of data out of Amazon S3 and to the Snowball Edge appliance
C.
The transfer of data from the Snowball Edge appliance into Amazon S3
D.
Daily use of the Snowball Edge appliance after 10 days
AWS includes the first 10 days of device usage at no cost as part of the Snowball service.
If you keep the device longer than 10 days, then additional daily charges apply.
While transferring data into Amazon S3 (option C) is also free, A directly addresses the free usage of the device itself, which is the core of the question about "activities available at no cost."
Why is A considered a better primary answer?
The question asks:
"Which activities related to the Snowball Edge device are available at no cost?"
(Notice: It says "activities related to the device," not just "data movement".)
A (using the device for 10 days) is directly about the device itself, not about what happens after you upload data.
AWS even clearly states that the first 10 days of device usage are free — it's the default free benefit tied to the hardware you're renting.
The exam was pretty easy, and yes multiple questions from here were on the exam (those questions being towards 500-700). You can view those questions by searching them on Google like I did.
Although there is an explanation on the official website about small files occurring in payment, that charge is for the S3 service and not for the Snowball device.
As for alternative A, the first 10 days' price is included in the on-demand value, so technically, you are paying for those days.
Option a) is more likely to be correct than option c)
C):
"Data transfer IN to Amazon S3 is $0.00 per GB (except for small files as explained below)."
https://aws.amazon.com/snowball/pricing/?nc1=h_ls
**EXCEPT FOR SMALL FILES**
A)
"On-demand pricing includes a service fee per job, which includes a specific number of free days of device use, a per-day fee for every additional day you use the device before sending it back to AWS, and a shipping fee to return the device to AWS. The service fee and per-day fee may vary by AWS Region and depends on which ..."
https://aws.amazon.com/snowball/pricing/?nc1=h_ls
In my view, C is more appropriate answer among the available options. however as per AWS doc. if millions of small files (say 1mb or below) are transferred to S3, it may attract PUT charges. In such case, there may be charges applied depending on the high PUT charges.
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