Considerations for Creating a Task for AWS DataSync
Question
A Financial institute is using Amazon EFS for file storage in the us-west-1 region.
Multiple accounts within this company are sharing this storage for saving files.
For data protection, all these storages need to transfer to the Amazon S3 bucket launched in another region us-east-1
The sysops team is planning to perform this data transfer using AWS DataSync.
You have been assigned to create a task for AWS DataSync. Which of the following need to be considered while creating a task?
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A. B. C. D.Correct Answer: C.
While creating tasks for AWS DataSync, it should be created in the destination region where Amazon S3 buckets are created.
Also, the Amazon S3 bucket should be created in the same AWS account used for creating Amazon EFS storage in the us-west-1 region.
Options A & B are incorrect as the task needs to be created in the destination region where the Amazon S3 bucket is created.
Option D is incorrect as Source Amazon EFS & Destination Amazon S3 bucket should be part of the same AWS account & cannot be part of different AWS accounts.
For more information on creating a task with AWS DataSync, refer to the following URL,
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/datasync/latest/userguide/creating-task.htmlTo transfer data from Amazon EFS in us-west-1 region to Amazon S3 bucket in us-east-1 region, the SysOps team plans to use AWS DataSync. While creating a task for AWS DataSync, there are certain considerations that need to be taken care of, as discussed below.
Option A suggests creating a task in the us-west-1 region where Amazon EFS is launched, and the destination Amazon S3 bucket can be part of different AWS accounts. However, this option is not feasible as AWS DataSync does not support data transfer between different AWS accounts. Therefore, Option A is incorrect.
Option B suggests creating a task in the us-west-1 region where Amazon EFS is launched, and the destination Amazon S3 bucket should be in the same account as the source. This option is feasible as AWS DataSync supports data transfer between different regions within the same AWS account. Therefore, Option B is the correct answer.
Option C suggests creating a task in the us-east-1 region where Amazon S3 bucket is launched, and the destination Amazon S3 bucket should be in the same account as the source. However, this option is not relevant to the scenario as it doesn't consider the source storage, i.e., Amazon EFS in us-west-1 region. Therefore, Option C is incorrect.
Option D suggests creating a task in the us-east-1 region where Amazon S3 bucket is launched, and the destination Amazon S3 bucket can be part of different AWS accounts. However, this option is not feasible as AWS DataSync does not support data transfer between different AWS accounts. Therefore, Option D is incorrect.
In summary, while creating a task for AWS DataSync to transfer data from Amazon EFS in us-west-1 region to Amazon S3 bucket in us-east-1 region, we need to consider that the task should be created in the us-west-1 region, and the destination Amazon S3 bucket should be in the same account as the source.
