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    PracticeGCP Professional Cloud ArchitectGCP Professional Cloud Architect Practice Exam 5Question 37
    Medium1 markMultiple Choice
    Subtask 2.2: Storage SystemsStorageCloud StorageCost Optimization

    GCP PCA · Question 37 · Storage Systems

    Your company generates daily log files that must be kept for 5 years for compliance reasons. The logs are accessed frequently for the first 30 days, rarely accessed between 30 and 365 days, and almost never accessed after 1 year. Which TWO Cloud Storage classes should you use in your Object Lifecycle policy to optimize costs? (Select TWO)

    Answer options:

    A.

    Standard Storage for the first 30 days

    B.

    Archive Storage for the first 30 days

    C.

    Nearline Storage for data older than 1 year

    D.

    Archive Storage for data older than 1 year

    E.

    Persistent Disk Standard for all data

    How to approach this question

    Match the access frequency to the corresponding storage class.

    Full Answer

    Standard storage is designed for frequently accessed data (the first 30 days). Archive storage offers the lowest storage cost and is designed for data accessed less than once a year (data older than 1 year). A lifecycle policy would transition Standard -> Nearline/Coldline -> Archive.

    Common mistakes

    Choosing Nearline for the 5-year retention (C), missing out on the deeper cost savings of Archive.
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