You are responsible for managing Cloud Storage buckets for a research company. Your company has well-defined data tiering and retention rules. You need to optimize storage costs while achieving your data retention needs. What should you do?
A.
Configure the buckets to use the Archive storage class.
B.
Configure a lifecycle management policy on each bucket to downgrade the storage class and remove objects based on age.
C.
Configure the buckets to use the Standard storage class and enable Object Versioning.
D.
Configure the buckets to use the Autoclass feature.
The best solution for optimizing Cloud Storage costs and achieving data retention needs is B. Configure a lifecycle management policy on each bucket. Lifecycle Management is designed to automate data tiering (moving data to cheaper classes as it ages) and data retention (deleting objects based on age or other rules), directly addressing the requirements for cost optimization and rule-based data management. Option D (Autoclass) helps with tiering based on access but doesn't handle retention rules. Option A (Archive storage) is too simplistic and inflexible, not addressing tiering or retention rules properly. Option C (Standard + Versioning) increases costs and is counter to the goal of optimization. Therefore, Option B provides the most comprehensive and rule-driven approach for cost optimization and data lifecycle management in Cloud Storage.
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