A company is setting up a temporary data processing workload on Amazon EC2. The application requires two types of storage: a cost-effective, durable storage option to archive final reports that are rarely accessed, and a high-performance, temporary scratch space directly attached to the instance that does not need to persist after the instance is stopped.
Which two AWS storage options should the company select to meet these requirements? (Select TWO.)
- Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible RetrievalAnswer
- Amazon EC2 Instance StoreAnswer
- CAmazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
- DAmazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) Provisioned IOPS SSD
- EAWS Storage Gateway
Answer
Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval and Amazon EC2 Instance Store
Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval provides highly durable, low-cost archiving for data that is rarely accessed, satisfying the first requirement. Amazon EC2 Instance Store provides ephemeral, high-performance block storage directly attached to the host, satisfying the second requirement for scratch space that does not need to persist beyond the lifecycle of the instance.
Step-by-Step Solution
Key Concept
Selecting appropriate AWS storage classes and types (archival object storage vs. ephemeral instance block storage) based on cost, durability, and lifecycle requirements.