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A company is using a tape backup solution to store its key application data offsite. The daily data volume is around 50 TB. The company needs to retain the backups for 7 years for regulatory purposes. The backups are rarely accessed, and a week's notice is typically given if a backup needs to be restored.
The company is now considering a cloud-based option to reduce the storage costs and operational burden of managing tapes. The company also wants to make sure that the transition from tape backups to the cloud minimizes disruptions.
Which storage solution is MOST cost-effective?

A. Use Amazon Storage Gateway to back up to Amazon Glacier Deep Archive.
B. Use AWS Snowball Edge to directly integrate the backups with Amazon S3 Glacier.
C. Copy the backup data to Amazon S3 and create a lifecycle policy to move the data to Amazon S3 Glacier.
D. Use Amazon Storage Gateway to back up to Amazon S3 and create a lifecycle policy to move the backup to Amazon S3 Glacier.

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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️

by Paitan at Aug. 10, 2020, 10:36 a.m.

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Paitan

Highly Voted 3 years, 9 months ago

Looks like A is the right option. But the huge data volume is a concern. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/03/aws-storage-gateway-service-integrates-tape-gateway-with-amazon-s3-glacier-deeparchive-storage-class/

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crazyaboutazure

3 years, 7 months ago

it is A, it can do upto 512 TB, so no issues

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Arup1988

3 years, 9 months ago

I think for huge data snowball edge is required.

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Jujoy

3 years, 9 months ago

50TB is too huge for Storage Gateway.. 1 virtual tape is 2.5TB only. so for 50TB we would need 20 virtual tapes.. I don't think there wouldn't be a network disruption.

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naveenagurjara

2 years, 12 months ago

right but it must be snowball devices but not in options.. best among the worst

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CloudMania

3 years, 7 months ago

There is no limit to the amount or size or virtual tapes that you can archive. Ref: https://aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/faqs/?nc=sn&loc=6

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tomq114

Highly Voted 3 years, 9 months ago

Agree with A backups can go directly to Glacier Deep Archive. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/03/aws-storage-gateway-service-integrates-tape-gateway-with-amazon-s3-glacier-deeparchive-storage-class/

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Arup1988

3 years, 9 months ago

But what about huge data transfer.

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CanBe

3 years, 8 months ago

The link says it is for NEW data, not existing archives - "Tape Gateway supports archiving your NEW virtual tapes directly to S3 Glacier and S3 Glacier Deep Archive, helping you meet your backup, archive, and recovery requirements."

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binrayelias

2 years, 7 months ago

"Tape Gateway supports archiving your new virtual tapes directly to S3 Glacier and S3 Glacier Deep Archive" means virtual tapes is S3 so you can't directly archive it to glacier before storing it to S3. Concluding the correct answer is D.

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mfaktas

Most Recent 1 year, 7 months ago

I thought we couldnt send the data directly to the s3 glacier deep archive what have changed ?

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YanisGTR

2 years, 3 months ago

The AWS Storage Gateway service now integrates Tape Gateway with Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive storage class, allowing you to store virtual tapes in the lowest-cost Amazon , https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/03/aws-storage-gateway-service-integrates-tape-gateway-with-amazon-s3-glacier-deeparchive-storage-class/ S3 storage class, Ans = A https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/03/aws-storage-gateway-service-integrates-tape-gateway-with-amazon-s3-glacier-deeparchive-storage-class/

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Alexander_Nox

2 years, 8 months ago

Selected Answer: D

D is the answer

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queen101

2 years, 9 months ago

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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rahularyan500

2 years, 9 months ago

D is the right answer https://aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/vtl/

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ansh0692

2 years, 10 months ago

Selected Answer: D

The answer is D, as there is no direct way of putting the Tape Storage to S3 Glacier, It needs to be uploaded via Tape Gateway and then use lifecycle policy to move to Glacier: https://d1.awsstatic.com/pdp-how-it-works-assets/product-page-diagram_AWS-Storage-Gateway_HIW@2x.6df96d96cdbaa61ed3ce935262431aabcfb9e52d.png

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alfredt

2 years, 10 months ago

Selected Answer: A

A with Tape gateway

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queen101

2 years, 10 months ago

aaaaaaaaaaaa

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Desi_Moonda

2 years, 10 months ago

Selected Answer: A

infrequently viewed data. Cost effective is Glacier than standard S3

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Alfene

2 years, 10 months ago

A is the right answer

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TecoCloud

2 years, 11 months ago

Glacier Deep Archive.

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MoiNous

2 years, 11 months ago

Selected Answer: D

This is the correct choice

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slcheng

2 years, 11 months ago

Selected Answer: A

Agreed with A.

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Raymond9

2 years, 11 months ago

Selected Answer: A

"With this feature, Tape Gateway supports archiving your new virtual tapes directly to S3 Glacier and S3 Glacier Deep Archive, helping you meet your backup, archive, and recovery requirements. " - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/03/aws-storage-gateway-service-integrates-tape-gateway-with-amazon-s3-glacier-deeparchive-storage-class/ Not B since "Currently, there is no way of uploading objects directly to S3 Glacier using a Snowball Edge. Thus, you first have to upload your objects into S3 Standard, and then use S3 lifecycle policies to transition the files to S3 Glacier." - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/using-aws-snowball-to-migrate-data-to-amazon-s3-glacier-for-long-term-storage/

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binrayelias

2 years, 7 months ago

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naveenagurjara

2 years, 12 months ago

Selected Answer: A

No need of D as SGWY can backup directly to Deep Archive. Also weeks notice will be given and Deep archive can retrieve between 12-48 hrs. Swnoball edge cannot backup directly to S3 DA.

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