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CLO-002 Cloud Concepts Practice Question

A developer needs a storage solution for high-frequency trading logs that must be instantly accessible for analysis, with high IOPS, and low latency. Which storage type is most appropriate?

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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

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Block Storage

Block storage provides the performance characteristics required for high-frequency applications that need low-latency, random I/O access.

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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Archive Storage
Why it's wrong here
Archive storage has significant retrieval delays, making it unsuitable for high-frequency analysis.
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File Storage
Why it's wrong here
File storage is usually network-attached and lacks the raw IOPS performance of block storage for this use case.
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Object Storage
Why it's wrong here
Object storage is optimized for large-scale, unstructured data and is generally higher latency than block storage.
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Block Storage
Why this is correct
Block storage is designed for applications requiring high performance and low-latency access to data volumes.

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