- A
Amazon EBS Snapshots
Why wrong: EBS snapshots are for point-in-time backups of volumes, not designed for archival at scale.
- B
Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive
Glacier Deep Archive provides the lowest cost for 7-year retention, meeting compliance requirements.
- C
Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering
Why wrong: Intelligent-Tiering is for data with changing access patterns, not optimal for pure archival.
- D
Amazon S3 Standard
Why wrong: S3 Standard is for frequently accessed data and has higher cost for long-term retention.
Question 298 of 1,733
PAS-C01 Technology Practice Question
This PAS-C01 practice question tests your understanding of technology. Match the stated requirement to the specific cloud service, access model, or configuration option — many options are valid in isolation but not for this scenario. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
A company wants to ensure that their SAP HANA database backups are stored securely and can be retained for 7 years for compliance. Which AWS service should they use to archive the backups?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
✓
Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive
Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive is the correct choice because it provides the lowest-cost storage class designed for long-term retention of data that is accessed infrequently, with a default retrieval time of 12 hours. This meets the 7-year compliance requirement for SAP HANA backups while minimizing storage costs, as the backups are unlikely to be accessed frequently after the initial retention period.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
Amazon EBS Snapshots
Why it's wrong here
EBS snapshots are for point-in-time backups of volumes, not designed for archival at scale.
- ✓
Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive
Why this is correct
Glacier Deep Archive provides the lowest cost for 7-year retention, meeting compliance requirements.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- ✗
Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering
Why it's wrong here
Intelligent-Tiering is for data with changing access patterns, not optimal for pure archival.
- ✗
Amazon S3 Standard
Why it's wrong here
S3 Standard is for frequently accessed data and has higher cost for long-term retention.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often choose Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering because it automates cost savings, but they overlook that it does not include the deep archive tier and incurs additional monitoring costs, making it less suitable for long-term, infrequently accessed backups compared to Glacier Deep Archive.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive uses a redundant storage infrastructure across multiple Availability Zones and provides a retrieval time of 12 hours for standard restores, with a minimum storage duration of 180 days. For SAP HANA backups, you can use S3 Lifecycle policies to transition backups from S3 Standard or S3 Standard-IA to Glacier Deep Archive after a specified period, ensuring compliance with the 7-year retention while optimizing costs. Under the hood, Glacier Deep Archive stores data on tape-based or optical media with erasure coding, providing 99.999999999% durability, and retrieval requests are queued and processed in batches, which is acceptable for compliance-driven archival access.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
- Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
TExam Day Tips
- Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
- Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
A startup's cloud architect reviews their monthly bill and notices costs are higher than expected for a long-running batch job. Switching from on-demand instances to Reserved Instances — or using Spot/Preemptible VMs — can reduce compute costs by up to 72 %. Questions like this test whether you understand the tradeoffs between commitment, flexibility, and cost across cloud pricing models.
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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The correct answer is: Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive — Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive is the correct choice because it provides the lowest-cost storage class designed for long-term retention of data that is accessed infrequently, with a default retrieval time of 12 hours. This meets the 7-year compliance requirement for SAP HANA backups while minimizing storage costs, as the backups are unlikely to be accessed frequently after the initial retention period.
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