Question

A media company stores 200 TB of finished video renders in Amazon S3 Standard. Analysis shows these files are downloaded frequently for the first 30 days, then only a few times per year, but downloads must be immediate (no retrieval delay) whenever they occur. The company wants to reduce storage costs without impacting availability or retrieval speed. Which approach is MOST cost-effective?

Accepted Answer

Create a lifecycle rule that transitions objects to S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (Standard-IA) after 30 days.

Answer

Create a lifecycle rule that transitions objects to S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval after 30 days.

Answer

Create a lifecycle rule that transitions objects to S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access after 30 days.

Answer

Keep all objects in S3 Standard and enable S3 Transfer Acceleration to lower costs.