SAP-C02 Practice Question: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization
A company is migrating a data warehouse from on-premises to Amazon Redshift. The source database is Teradata. The company needs to convert the schema and migrate historical data with minimal downtime. Which THREE services should the company use?
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AWS Snowball Edge
Options A, D, and E are correct. AWS SCT (D) converts schema and code from Teradata to Redshift. AWS DMS (E) migrates data with ongoing replication to minimize downtime. AWS Snowball Edge (A) can be used for large initial data transfer. Option B (AWS Data Pipeline) is for orchestrating data transfers, not specifically for schema conversion or database migration. Option C (Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics) is for streaming analytics.
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AWS Snowball Edge
Why this is correct
Snowball Edge can be used to transfer large volumes of data offline.
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AWS Data Pipeline
Why it's wrong here
AWS Data Pipeline lacks native support for Teradata schema conversion and cannot orchestrate the parallel full-load and incremental CDC streams required for minimal-downtime migration to Redshift. It is tempting because Data Pipeline handles scheduled data movement from various sources to AWS services, making it a plausible choice for batch ETL; however, it would be correct only for periodic, non-real-time data transfers where schema transformation is not a primary requirement.
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Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics
Why it's wrong here
Kinesis Data Analytics is for analyzing streaming data, not for migration.
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AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT)
Why this is correct
SCT converts Teradata schema to Redshift-compatible schema.
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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
Why this is correct
DMS can perform full load and ongoing replication from Teradata to Redshift.
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