Your company stores a large amount of archive data in expensive on-premises storage systems. You need to move the data to low-cost storage such as Amazon S3 Glacier. Which of the following tools is the most suitable to simplify and automate the data transfer from on-premises to S3 Glacier?

Answer options:

A.AWS DataSync
B.Server Migration Service
C.Database Migration Service
D.Direct Connect

Correct Answer – A
AWS DataSync should be selected to simplify moving data between on-premises storage and AWS services such as S3 Glacier. Check https://docs.aws.amazon.com/datasync/latest/userguide/what-is-datasync.html.
Option A is CORRECT: With AWS DataSync, users can create a task to specify the data source and destination and then configure the data transfer.
Option B is incorrect: Because Server Migration Service is used to migrate on-premise servers such as VMware.
Option C is incorrect: Database Migration Service is used to migrate a database instead of local storage.
Option D is incorrect: Direct Connect sets up a dedicated network connection to AWS. However, it does not automate the data transfer to AWS.