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A Sysops administrator configured AWS Backup to capture snapshots from a single Amazon EC2 instance that has one Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume attached. On the first snapshot, the EBS volume has 10 GiB of data. On the second snapshot, the EBS volume still contains 10 GiB of data, but 4 GiB have changed. On the third snapshot, 2 GiB of data have been added to the volume, for a total of 12 GiB.

How much total storage is required to store these snapshots?

A.
12 GiB
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A.
12 GiB
B.
16 GiB
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B.
16 GiB
C.
26 GiB
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C.
26 GiB
D.
32 GiB
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D.
32 GiB
Suggested answer: B

Explanation:

AWS EBS snapshots are incremental, meaning that after the initial full snapshot, only the blocks that have changed since the last snapshot are saved. Here's how the storage adds up based on your scenario:

First Snapshot: Captures all 10 GiB of data.

Second Snapshot: Only 4 GiB have changed, so only these changed blocks are stored.

Third Snapshot: An additional 2 GiB of data are added, making only these new 2 GiB stored.

Thus, the total storage required is 10 GiB (initial snapshot) + 4 GiB (second snapshot) + 2 GiB (third snapshot) = 16 GiB.

AWS Documentation

Reference: Details on how EBS snapshots store data can be found here: Amazon EBS Snapshots.

asked 16/09/2024
Euwing Mendoza
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