Question #1370
A financial institution must process sensitive customer data within its own data center to comply with data residency laws. The institution plans to leverage AWS for non-sensitive workloads while ensuring seamless integration between on-premises and cloud environments using consistent management interfaces. Which AWS solution should the institution implement to satisfy these requirements?
Dedicated Hosts
AWS Outposts
Availability Zones
AWS Wavelength
Explanation
AWS Outposts (B) is designed for hybrid cloud scenarios where workloads must remain on-premises due to data residency or latency requirements. It provides AWS-managed infrastructure within the customer's data center, enabling the use of AWS services (e.g., EC2, EBS) locally. This ensures seamless integration with AWS cloud workloads and consistent management via the AWS Console, CLI, or APIs.
Other options are incorrect because:
- A. Dedicated Hosts: These are physical servers dedicated to a single customer but still hosted in AWS data centers, not on-premises.
- C. Availability Zones: These are isolated locations within AWS Regions for redundancy and fault tolerance, unrelated to on-premises integration.
- D. AWS Wavelength: This extends AWS infrastructure to telecom 5G networks for edge computing, not for on-premises data center integration.
Key Points: AWS Outposts supports hybrid architectures with consistent AWS tools, making it ideal for data residency compliance and seamless cloud integration.
Answer
The correct answer is: B