SAA-C03 Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures

A company needs to move infrequently accessed data to cheaper storage class. Which option meets the requirement with the LEAST implementation effort? move infrequently accessed data to cheaper storage class.

Multiple choice — select one answer

Answer choices

  1. a. Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering or Glacier classes
  2. b. AWS Organizations consolidated billing
  3. c. AWS Savings Plans or Reserved Instances
  4. d. Deleting objects instead of tiering (not recommended for production workloads)

Architectural breakdown & explanation

S3 storage classes optimize cost by access pattern.

Correct answer(s): a. Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering or Glacier classes

Exam domain: Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures (18% weight on the official guide).

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