SAP-C02 Design for New Solutions Practice Question
A company is designing a new solution to store and analyze log files from multiple sources. The solution must provide near real-time analytics and the ability to query the logs using SQL. Which TWO AWS services should be used together to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Amazon Athena
Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose can ingest log data in near real-time and load it into Amazon S3. Amazon Athena can then query the data in S3 using SQL. Option A (CloudWatch Logs) is for monitoring, not ad-hoc analytics. Option C (ElastiCache) is a cache, not for analytics. Option D (Redshift) is a data warehouse, not designed for near real-time log analysis with Athena-like querying.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Why it's wrong here
CloudWatch Logs is for monitoring and alerting, not for SQL-based analytics.
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Amazon Athena
Why this is correct
Athena can query data in S3 using standard SQL.
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Amazon ElastiCache
Why it's wrong here
ElastiCache is a caching service, not for log analytics.
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Amazon Redshift
Why it's wrong here
Redshift is a data warehouse for complex analytics, not for near real-time streaming.
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Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
Why this is correct
Kinesis Data Firehose can ingest streaming data and load it into S3.
Quick reference
AWS S3 Storage Class Comparison
| Storage Class | Min Duration | Retrieval | Use Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| S3 Standard | None | Immediate | Frequently accessed data |
| S3 Standard-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Infrequent access, rapid retrieval |
| S3 One Zone-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Non-critical infrequent data |
| S3 Intelligent-Tiering | None | Immediate–hours | Unknown or changing access patterns |
| S3 Glacier Instant | 90 days | Milliseconds | Archive with instant retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Flexible | 90 days | Minutes–hours | Archive, flexible retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Deep Archive | 180 days | Hours | Long-term compliance archive |
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