You are hired as an AWS solutions architect in a startup company. You notice some issues with the backup strategy of EC2 instances, and there is no snapshot lifecycle management. Users just create snapshots manually without a routine policy to control. You want to suggest using a proper EBS Snapshot Lifecycle policy. How would you persuade your team lead to approve this suggestion?(Select TWO)

Answer options:

A.A snapshot lifecycle policy helps to retain backups as required by auditors or internal compliance.
B.An EBS Snapshot Lifecycle helps to protect valuable data by enforcing a regular backup schedule.
C.A proper snapshot lifecycle policy is able to reduce storage costs as the snapshots taken by the schedule policy are free.
D.You can create an unlimited number of lifecycle policies.

Correct Answer – A, B
 
EBS Snapshot Lifecycle policy, as a backup strategy, can bring lots of benefits for EC2 users. About the details, please refer to https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/snapshot-lifecycle.html.
Option A is CORRECT: Because EC2 EBS volumes can have a routine backup which helps on the quality audit.
Option B is CORRECT: Because this is the major benefit of the life cycle policy, preserving important data and EBS volumes can be easily restored via the snapshots.
Option C is incorrect: The snapshot lifecycle policy can reduce storage costs by deleting outdated backups. However, the snapshots themselves still have costs.
Option D is incorrect: Because you can create up to 100 lifecycle policies per Region.