A company has 700 TB of backup data stored in network attached storage (NAS) in its data center This backup data need to be accessible for infrequent regulatory requests and must be retained 7 years. The company has decided to migrate this backup data from its data center to AWS. The migration must be complete within 1 month. The company has 500 Mbps of dedicated bandwidth on its public internet connection available for data transfer. What should a solutions architect do to migrate and store the data at the LOWEST cost?

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Using AWS Snowball devices allows for the physical transfer of large amounts of data to AWS, which is faster than transferring over the internet. Once the data is in Amazon S3, a lifecycle policy can be used to transition the data to Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive, which is the lowest-cost storage option for infrequent access and long-term retention.

A Company Has 700 TB of Backup Data Stored in Network