Episode 34: AWS SAA-C03 Storage - Quick Revision + 13 Exam Questions | TechTalkWithBalu
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Topic challenge #4! A 3-minute storage revision to jog your memory, then 13 storage exam questions with full answers - and why every wrong option is wrong.
🆕 THE FORMAT
🧠 Quick revision first (skip it if you know it cold)
📝 Then 13 storage scenario questions
⏱️ A pause after each to lock in YOUR answer
✅ The answer + WHY it's right
❌ WHY each wrong option is wrong
Because on the real exam, eliminating the plausible-but-wrong options is the whole game.
🧠 QUICK REVISION COVERS
• Object (S3) vs block (EBS) vs file (EFS/FSx)
• S3 storage classes (Standard → Glacier tiers → Intelligent-Tiering)
• EBS volume types (gp3, io2, HDD)
• EFS vs FSx (Windows / Lustre)
• Storage Gateway, DataSync, Snow Family
📋 THE 13 QUESTIONS TEST
• EFS (shared Linux file system)
• Glacier Instant Retrieval (rare access, instant retrieval)
• Provisioned IOPS SSD (high-performance database)
• FSx for Windows File Server (SMB + Active Directory)
• S3 Intelligent-Tiering (unknown access patterns)
• S3 Versioning (recover deleted objects)
• FSx for Lustre (high-performance computing)
• S3 File Gateway (hybrid caching)
• Snowball (bulk offline transfer)
• Cross-Region Replication (auto cross-region copy)
• EC2 instance store (lowest-latency ephemeral)
• S3 Object Lock compliance mode (immutable records)
• EBS snapshots (incremental volume backup)
⚡ THE CORE SKILL
Storage is about matching the requirement to the right type + config:
• Object vs block vs file
• Hot vs archived
• Shared vs single-instance
• Durable vs ephemeral
• Linux vs Windows
Spot which axis the question is testing, and the answer falls out.
💡 KEY DISTINCTIONS DRILLED
• EFS (Linux/NFS) vs FSx for Windows (SMB) vs FSx for Lustre (HPC)
• EBS (single instance) vs EFS (shared) vs instance store (ephemeral)
• Glacier Instant vs Flexible vs Deep Archive (retrieval speed)
• Intelligent-Tiering (unknown patterns, no retrieval fees)
• Object Lock compliance mode (immutable, no override)
• Snowball (offline) vs DataSync (online) vs Storage Gateway (hybrid)
🎓 SCORING
Got 9+ right (~70%)? Your storage knowledge is in solid shape. Missed some? Storage is heavily tested - now you know exactly where to focus.
🎧 Topic challenge #4! Compute challenge coming next.
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