A company is transferring its on-premises data center to AWS and needs to move 50 petabytes of file data to the cloud while minimizing operational overhead. Which AWS option should they choose?
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Correct answer: AWS Snowmobile.
Why this is the answer
AWS Snowmobile is the correct choice because it is designed for transferring extremely large amounts of data (exabyte-scale or tens of petabytes), such as 50 petabytes, to AWS. It minimizes operational overhead by providing a managed service that physically transports the data. AWS Snowball Edge is suitable for petabyte-scale data transfers, but 50 petabytes is better suited for Snowmobile due to its larger capacity and efficiency for such massive datasets. AWS Data Exchange is incorrect as it's for finding, subscribing to, and using third-party data, not for migrating a company's own data. AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) is used for migrating databases, not file data.
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