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A marketing company needs to store and deliver static product images and promotional videos directly to customers over the internet. The storage solution must scale automatically to handle traffic spikes and make each file accessible via a unique web URL. Which AWS storage service should the company use to meet these requirements?

  1. Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)Answer
  2. B
    Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
  3. C
    Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
  4. D
    AWS Storage Gateway

Answer

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is the correct choice because it is an object storage service designed to store and retrieve any amount of data from anywhere on the internet. Files stored in Amazon S3 can be assigned public URLs, allowing them to be delivered directly to users over the web. Amazon S3 automatically manages scaling and replication to handle high volumes of traffic.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the business requirements from the scenario.
The requirements are: storing static assets (images/videos), automatic scaling for traffic spikes, and direct availability to internet clients via unique URLs.
Identifying the core requirements helps map them to the correct AWS storage service characteristics.
2
Evaluate the storage services based on object versus block or file storage properties.
Amazon S3 is object storage that serves files directly via HTTP/HTTPS URLs and scales automatically, fitting the requirements perfectly. Amazon EBS and Amazon EFS require compute instances (EC2) to serve content and do not natively support direct URL-based internet access.
This step distinguishes between block, file, and object storage use cases to determine the correct solution.

Key Concept

Selecting the appropriate AWS storage service based on requirements like internet accessibility, scaling, and storage type.
Estimated Time:45s
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AWS Storage Services

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