A digital media company needs to store high-resolution video files. Upon upload, these files are accessed heavily for the first two weeks. After this period, access drops significantly, but sporadic access may still occur for up to 6 months. Following this, the files will likely not be accessed but need to be retained for legal reasons. What is the most cost-effective AWS storage strategy that aligns with the described access patterns?
Start with Amazon S3 Standard and then transition to S3 Standard-Infrequent Access using a lifecycle policy after two weeks. After 6 months, transition to S3 Glacier or S3 Glacier Deep Archive.
Start with Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) for the first two weeks and then move to EFS Infrequent Access. Archive the files to S3 Glacier Deep Archive after six months.
Keep the files in Amazon S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access throughout the entire lifecycle to benefit from lower storage costs.
Use Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering to automatically move the data between tiers based on access patterns from the start and after 6 months.
Using Amazon S3 with a lifecycle policy aligns with the data access pattern described and optimizes costs. Initially, Amazon S3 Standard handles the heavy access. After two weeks, moving the data to S3 Standard-Infrequent Access caters to sporadic access with lower costs. Finally, transitioning to Amazon S3 Glacier or S3 Glacier Deep Archive after 6 months addresses the legal retention requirement with the lowest cost option. Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) would not be suitable for archived data due to higher pricing for infrequently accessed files and is generally used for different use cases like file sharing or workload data. S3 Intelligent-Tiering is designed to automatically move data to the most cost-effective access tier without performance impact or operational overhead and could be a potential solution; however, the need for archival storage after 6 months is better served with manual transitioning to Glacier tiers, which offer cost benefits for data that is retained purely for compliance and not expected to be accessed.
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