Exam Associate Data Practitioner topic 1 question 42 discussion

standard - multiple times a month nearline - once a month coldline - once 3 months archive - once 1 year

The best option is A. Store the data in Cloud Storage using Nearline storage. Nearline provides the optimal balance of minimizing storage costs while ensuring data is readily available within a few seconds when accessed monthly. Coldline (B) is cheaper storage but has higher latency and retrieval costs, potentially making it slightly slower and more expensive for monthly access. Standard (C) is too expensive for infrequently accessed data. Archive (D) is far too slow for "seconds" retrieval, with latency in hours. Therefore, Nearline is the most suitable choice for balancing cost and performance for this specific use case.