A research facility has 50 TB of genomic data stored on local NAS devices. They need to transfer this data to Amazon S3. The facility has a slow 50 Mbps internet connection. Which TWO services are MOST appropriate for this transfer? (Select TWO.)

Answer options:

AWS DataSync

AWS Snowball Edge Storage Optimized

AWS Direct Connect

AWS Snowcone

Amazon S3 Multipart Upload

How to approach this question

Identify the bottleneck: large data (50TB) over a slow connection (50Mbps). Offline physical transfer is required.

Full Answer

Transferring 50 TB over a 50 Mbps connection would take over 3 months. The AWS Snow Family (Snowball Edge, Snowcone) provides physical devices that AWS ships to your location. You load the data locally and ship it back, bypassing the slow internet connection.

Common mistakes

Selecting DataSync, ignoring the math of the slow internet connection.

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