SAP-C02 Q436 · Storage

Question

A company has developed a new release of a popular video game and wants to make it available for public download. The new release package is approximately 5 GB in size. The company provides downloads for existing releases from a Linux-based, publicly facing FTP site hosted in an on-premises data center. The company expects the new release will be downloaded by users worldwide. The company wants a solution that provides improved download performance and low transfer costs, regardless of a user's

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**Answer C** satisfies every requirement:

1. **Improved download performance globally**: Amazon CloudFront is a global CDN with 450+ edge locations worldwide. When a user in Tokyo downloads the 5 GB file, it's served from a nearby edge location rather than crossing the ocean to a single origin. This dramatically reduces latency and improves throughput.

2. **Low transfer costs**: CloudFront data transfer pricing is significantly cheaper than direct S3 data transfer or EC2 data transfer. For example, S3 data transfer out to the internet can cost $0.09/GB, while CloudFront can be as low as $0.085/GB or less depending on volume and region. Additionally, **data transfer from S3 to CloudFront is free**, so you only pay for CloudFront-to-user transfer.

3. **Scalability**: S3 provides virtually

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