A media company stores movies in Amazon S3 as single video files from 1 GB to 10 GB. They must provide streaming content within 5 minutes of purchase. Movies younger than 20 years have higher demand than movies older than 20 years. The company wants to minimize hosting costs based on demand. Which solution meets these requirements?
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Correct answer: Store newer movie video files in S3 Standard. Store older movie video files in S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-IA). When a user orders an older movie, retrieve the video file by using standard retrieval..
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The correct solution leverages S3 Standard for newer, high-demand movies due to its high availability and low latency, ensuring content is streamed quickly. For older, lower-demand movies, S3 Standard-IA is cost-effective for data that is accessed less frequently but still requires rapid access when needed. Standard retrieval from S3 Standard-IA meets the 5-minute streaming requirement. The first incorrect option, using S3 Lifecycle policies to move data to Infrequent Access based on demand, is a valid strategy but doesn't explicitly differentiate between newer and older movies as effectively for initial placement and cost optimization. The third and fourth incorrect options involve S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval, which, even with expedited retrieval, has a retrieval time measured in minutes for individual objects, and bulk retrieval can take hours, making it unsuitable for the 5-minute streaming requirement. S3 Intelligent-Tiering is a good option for unknown access patterns, but the demand pattern here is known (newer vs. older).
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