A company is migrating a large amount of data from on-premises storage to AWS. Windows, Mac, and Linux Amazon EC2 instances in the same Region will access the data using SMB and NFS. Some data will be accessed routinely; the rest will be accessed infrequently. The company needs a storage solution with the LEAST operational overhead. Which solution meets these requirements?
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Correct answer: Create an Amazon FSx for ONTAP instance. Create an FSx for ONTAP file system with a root volume that uses the auto tiering policy. Migrate the data to the FSx for ONTAP volume..
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The correct solution is to use Amazon FSx for ONTAP. This service natively supports both SMB and NFS protocols, fulfilling the requirement for Windows, Mac, and Linux EC2 instances to access the data. FSx for ONTAP's auto-tiering policy automatically moves infrequently accessed data to a lower-cost capacity tier, optimizing storage costs and meeting the requirement for routine and infrequent access with minimal operational overhead. Amazon EFS supports
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