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A media company is building a new video-on-demand (VOD) platform. They need a storage solution for their vast library of video assets that offers high durability, high availability, and easy integration with other AWS media services. The videos will be accessed frequently by users worldwide. Which Amazon S3 storage class is most appropriate for this use case?
- AAmazon S3 Standard
- BAmazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive
- CAmazon S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access (S3 One Zone-IA)
- DAmazon S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-IA)
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Correct answer: A. Amazon S3 Standard
Amazon S3 Standard is designed for frequently accessed data, offering high durability, high availability, and low latency. It is ideal for a VOD platform where videos are frequently streamed and require immediate access, and it integrates seamlessly with other AWS media services.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. S3 Glacier Deep Archive is for long-term archival of data that is accessed rarely, with retrieval times in hours, making it unsuitable for a VOD platform.
- C. S3 One Zone-IA stores data in a single Availability Zone, making it less resilient to AZ outages and not suitable for critical, highly available VOD content that is frequently accessed.
- D. S3 Standard-IA is for data that is accessed less frequently but requires rapid access when needed, which implies higher retrieval costs and is not ideal for frequently streamed VOD content.
Amazon S3 Standard
The default S3 storage class for general-purpose storage of frequently accessed data, offering high durability, availability, and performance.
- Excellent for frequently accessed data.
- High durability (11 nines) and availability.
- Low latency access.
Memory trick: Standard for frequent, IA for infrequent, Glacier for deep freeze.