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S3 Gateway Recommendations for Businesses

The document contains 60 multiple choice questions about cloud storage solutions on AWS. Specifically, it covers different types of storage gateways, S3 storage classes and their properties like durability and availability, approaches to migrating large datasets to S3, and best practices for uploading objects to S3 like using multipart upload for large files.

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S3 Gateway Recommendations for Businesses

The document contains 60 multiple choice questions about cloud storage solutions on AWS. Specifically, it covers different types of storage gateways, S3 storage classes and their properties like durability and availability, approaches to migrating large datasets to S3, and best practices for uploading objects to S3 like using multipart upload for large files.

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30.

You are tasked with recommending a storage solution for a large company with a
capital investment in an NFS-based backup system. The company wants to investigate
cloud-based storage but doesn’t want to lose its software investment either. Which
type of storage gateway would you recommend?
A. File gateway
B. Cached volume gateway
C. Stored volume gateway
D. Tape gateway
31. You are helping a medium-sized business migrate its large datasets to the cloud.
However, the business has limited resources and has long used a tape backup system.
It does not want to lose the investment in the software and systems that already have
been configured to use this backup system. Which storage gateway would you
recommend?
A. File gateway
B. Cached volume gateway
C. Stored volume gateway
D. Tape gateway
32. You are tasked with prototyping a cloud-based storage solution for a small business.
The business’s chief concern is low network latency, as its systems need near-instant
access to all of its datasets. Which storage gateway would you recommend?
A. File gateway
B. Cached volume gateway
C. Stored volume gateway
D. Tape gateway
33. You are the solutions architect for a mapping division that has inherited a massive
geospatial dataset from a recent acquisition. The data is all on local disk drives, and
you want to transition the data to AWS. With datasets of over 10 TB, what is the best
approach to getting this data into AWS?
A. S3 with Transfer Acceleration
B. Cached volume gateway
C. Snowball
D. Shipping the drives to AWS
34. Which of the following are not reasons to use a cached volumes storage gateway?
(Choose two.)
A. You want low-latency access to your entire dataset.
B. You want to reduce the cost of on-site storage.
C. You want to support iSCSI storage volumes.
D. You want low-latency access to your most commonly accessed data.
35. Which of the following storage gateway options is best for traditional backup
applications?
A. File gateway
B. Cached volume gateway
C. Stored volume gateway
D. Tape gateway
36. Which of the following storage gateway options is best for applications where latency
of specific portions of your entire dataset is the priority?
A. File gateway
B. Cached volume gateway
C. Stored volume gateway
D. Tape gateway

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37. Which of the following storage gateway options is best for applications where latency
of your entire dataset is the priority?
A. File gateway
B. Cached volume gateway
C. Stored volume gateway
D. Tape gateway
38. Which of the following storage gateway options is best for reducing the costs
associated with an off-site disaster recovery solution?
A. File gateway
B. Cached volume gateway
C. Stored volume gateway
D. Tape gateway
39. Which of the following storage classes is optimized for long-term data storage at the
expense of retrieval time?
A. S3
B. S3-IA
C. S3 One Zone-IA
D. Glacier
40. Which of the following need to be considered across all regions in your account?
(Choose two.)
A. Launch configurations
B. IAM users
C. EC2 instances
D. S3 bucket names
41. What HTTP code would you expect after a successful upload of an object to an S3
bucket?
A. HTTP 200
B. HTTP 307
C. HTTP 404
D. HTTP 501
42. What is the durability of S3 One Zone-IA?
A. 99.0%
B. 99.9%
C. 99.99%
D. 99.999999999%
43. What is the durability of S3-IA?
A. 99.0%
B. 99.9%
C. 99.99%
D. 99.999999999%
44. What is the durability of S3?
A. 99.0%
B. 99.9%
C. 99.99%
D. 99.999999999%
45. What is the availability of S3 One Zone-IA?
A. 99.5%
B. 99.9%
C. 99.99%
D. 99.999999999%

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46. What is the availability of S3-IA?
A. 99.5%
B. 99.9%
C. 99.99%
D. 99.999999999%
47. What is the availability of S3?
A. 99.5%
B. 99.9%
C. 99.99%
D. 99.999999999%
48. Which S3 storage class supports SSL for data in transit?
A. S3
B. S3-IA
C. S3 One Zone-IA
D. All of the above
49. Which S3 storage class supports encryption for data at rest?
A. S3
B. S3-IA
C. S3 One Zone-IA
D. All of the above
50. For which of the following storage classes do you need to specify a region?
A. S3
B. S3-IA
C. S3 One Zone-IA
D. All of the above
51. For which of the following storage classes do you need to specify an availability
zone?
A. S3
B. S3-IA
C. S3 One Zone-IA
D. None of the above
52. How does S3 store your objects?
A. As key-value pairs
B. As relational entries.
C. Using a NoSQL interface
D. As blocks in a block storage
53. In what ways can you access your data stored in S3 buckets? (Choose two.)
A. Through FTP access to the bucket
B. Through SFTP access to the bucket
C. Through a REST-based web service interface
D. Through the AWS console
54. Which of the following are true about S3 data access when traffic spikes (increases)?
(Choose two.)
A. S3 will scale to handle the load if you have Auto Scaling set up.
B. S3 will scale automatically to ensure your service is not interrupted.
C. Scale spreads evenly across AWS network to minimize the effect of a spike.
D. A few instances are scaled up dramatically to minimize the effect of the spike.
55. You have been tasked with helping a company migrate its expensive off-premises
storage to AWS. It will still primarily back up files from its on-premises location to a
local NAS. These files then need to be stored off-site (in AWS rather than the original

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off-site location). The company is concerned with durability and cost and wants to
retain quick access to its files. What should you recommend?
A. Copying files from the NAS to an S3 standard class bucket
B. Copying files from the NAS to an S3 One Zone-IA class bucket
C. Copying the files from the NAS to EBS volumes with provisioned IOPS
D. Copying the files from the NAS to Amazon Glacier
56. Which S3 storage class would you recommend if you were building out storage for an
application that you anticipated growing in size exponentially over the next 12
months?
A. Amazon Glacier
B. S3 standard
C. S3-IA
D. There is not enough information to make a good decision.
57. How many S3 buckets can you create per AWS account, by default?
A. 25
B. 50
C. 100
D. There is not a default limit.
58. How are objects uploaded to S3 by default?
A. In parts
B. In a single operation
C. You must configure this option for each S3 bucket explicitly.
D. Via the REST API
59. When does AWS suggest you start uploading objects via the Multipart Upload API?
A. When you’re uploading a lot of files at once
B. When you’re uploading files of 10 GB or more
C. When you have multiple applications uploading files to the same S3 bucket
D. When you need the greatest network throughput for uploads
60. Which of the following are the ways you should consider using Multipart Upload?
A. For uploading large objects over a stable high-bandwidth network to maximize
bandwidth
B. For uploading large objects to reduce the cost of ingress related to those
objects
C. For uploading any size files over a spotty network to increase resiliency
D. For uploading files that must be appended to existing files

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The S3 One Zone-IA class is recommended for data that is infrequently accessed but requires quick retrieval due to its lower cost compared to the standard class, combined with quick data retrieval .

The Tape Gateway is suited for traditional tape-based backup applications as it allows existing tape backup workflows to be integrated with AWS storage, preserving existing investments and methodologies .

All S3 storage classes provide SSL support for data in transit, ensuring that data is securely transmitted over networks .

For applications requiring low-latency access to the entire dataset, a File Gateway would be ideal, as it provides local cache of frequently accessed data, ensuring quicker retrievals .

A successful file upload to an S3 bucket returns an HTTP 200 status code. This indicates that the upload was completed successfully, which is crucial for confirming that data has been transmitted and stored correctly .

For a company with an NFS-based backup system, a File Gateway would be recommended because it allows the storage of application data in file system format, providing compatibility with existing file-based software investments while enabling cloud storage capabilities .

The Tape Gateway is suitable in this context as it enables businesses to seamlessly integrate their on-premises tape-based systems with AWS, emulating existing tape backup systems in the cloud .

Copying files to an S3 Standard bucket is the best choice for off-site, low-cost, highly durable storage with quick access requirements, as it balances performance and cost-efficiency .

When dealing with multi-terabyte datasets, AWS Snowball should be used for efficient data transfer to the cloud due to its ability to handle large-scale data migrations securely and cost-effectively .

The S3 Standard is most suitable for applications anticipating exponential growth, as it provides durable storage with high throughput and low latency, ensuring cost-effective scalability .

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