AWS AWS Storage Solutions 3

Question 1

Which feature speeds up uploads to S3 by routing traffic through CloudFront edge locations?

Accepted Answer

S3 Transfer Acceleration

Answer

Transfer Acceleration uses CloudFront edge locations to speed long-distance uploads and downloads.

Question 2

What is the maximum size of a single object that can be stored in Amazon S3?

Accepted Answer

5 TB

Answer

A single S3 object can be up to 5 TB, with multipart upload required above 5 GB.

Question 3

Which storage option keeps data in a single Availability Zone to reduce cost but with lower resilience?

Accepted Answer

S3 One Zone-IA

Answer

S3 One Zone-IA stores data in one AZ, lowering cost at the expense of AZ-failure resilience.

Question 4

What does an EBS snapshot store data in behind the scenes?

Accepted Answer

Amazon S3

Answer

EBS snapshots are stored incrementally in Amazon S3, though managed through the EBS service.

Question 5

Which AWS service is designed for hybrid storage, connecting on-premises environments to AWS cloud storage?

Accepted Answer

AWS Storage Gateway

Answer

AWS Storage Gateway bridges on-premises applications with AWS cloud storage.

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