You need to store compliance logs for 7 years. The data will rarely be accessed, but when it is, a retrieval time of several hours is acceptable. Which Azure Storage access tier provides the lowest storage cost for this scenario?

Answer options:

Hot tier

Cool tier

Cold tier

Archive tier

How to approach this question

Identify the tier designed for long-term, rarely accessed data with high retrieval latency.

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D.Archive tier✓ Correct

The Archive access tier has the lowest storage cost. However, it has higher data retrieval costs and latency compared to the hot and cool tiers. Data in the archive tier can take hours to retrieve.

Common mistakes

Choosing Cool tier. Cool tier allows immediate access, whereas Archive takes hours, which fits the scenario perfectly.

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You need to store compliance logs for 7 years. The data will rarely be accessed, but when it is, a retrieval time of several hours is acceptable. Which Azure Storage access tier provides the lowest storage cost for this scenario?

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