A company has no existing file share services. A new project requires access to file storage that is mountable as a drive for on-premises desktops. The file server must authenticate users to an Active Directory domain before they are able to access the storage.
Which service will allow Active Directory users to mount storage as a drive on their desktops?

• A.AWS Storage Gateway
• B.AWS DataSync
• C.AWS Snowball Edge
• D.Amazon S3 Glacier

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A company's web application uses an Amazon RDS PostgreSQL DB instance to store its application data.
During the financial closing period at the start of every month, Accountants run large queries that impact the database's performance due to high usage. The company wants to minimize the impact that the reporting activity has on the web application.
What should a solutions architect do to reduce the impact on the database with the LEAST amount of effort?

• A.Create a read replica and direct reporting traffic to the replica.
• B.Create a Multi-AZ database and direct reporting traffic to the standby.
• C.Create a cross-Region read replica and direct reporting traffic to the replica.
• D.Create an Amazon Redshift database and direct reporting traffic to the Amazon Redshift database.

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An online photo application lets users upload photos and perform image editing operations The application offers two classes of service free and paid Photos submitted by paid users are processed before those submitted by free users Photos are uploaded to Amazon S3 and the job information is sent to Amazon SQS.
Which configuration should a solutions architect recommend?

• A.Use one SQS FIFO queue Assign a higher priority to the paid photos so they are processed first
• B.Use two SQS FIFO queues: one for paid and one for free Set the free queue to use short polling and the paid queue to use long polling
• C.Use two SQS standard queues one for paid and one for free Configure Amazon EC2 instances to prioritize polling for the paid queue over the free queue.
• D.Use one SQS standard queue. Set the visibility timeout of the paid photos to zero Configure Amazon EC2 instances to prioritize visibility settings so paid photos are processed first

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A Solutions Architect needs to allow developers to have SSH connectivity to web servers. The requirements are as follows:
* Limit access to users originating from the corporate network
* Web servers cannot have SSH access directly from the Internet
* Web servers reside in a private subnet
Which combination of steps must the Architect complete to meet these requirements? (Select TWO)

• A.Configure the web servers' security group to allow SSH traffic from a bastion host
• B.Deny all SSH traffic from the corporate network in the inbound network ACL.
• C.Create a bastion host that authenticates users against the corporate directory.
• D.Attach an IAM role to the bastion host with relevant permissions
• E.Create a bastion host with security group rules that only allow traffic from the corporate network

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A company currently has 250 TB of backup files stored in Amazon S3 in a vendor's proprietary format. Using a Linux-based software application provided by the vendor, the company wants to retrieve files from Amazon S3, transform the files to an industry-standard format, and re-upload them to Amazon S3. The company wants to minimize the data transfer charges associated with this conversation.
What should a solution architect do to accomplish this?

• A.Use AWS Snowball Edge device to expert the data and install the conversion software onto the devices.
  Perform the data transformation and re-upload the files to Amazon S3 from the Snowball devices.
• B.Launch an Amazon EC2 instance in the same Region as Amazon S3 and install the conversion software onto the instance. Perform the transformation and re-upload the files to Amazon S3 from the EC2 instance.
• C.Install the conversion software onto an on-premises virtual machines. Perform the transformation and re-upload the files to Amazon S3 from the virtual machine.
• D.Install the conversion software as an Amazon S3 batch operation so the data is transformed without leaving Amazon S3.

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