Object, File, Block, and Hybrid Storage

Where this lesson fits

This lesson covers Domain 3: Design High-Performing Architectures, Task 3.1: Determine high-performing and scalable storage solutions. Domain 3 is 24% of the scored content of SAA-C03, and storage is its first task statement. Questions in this task describe an access pattern ("thousands of Linux instances need the same files", "a database needs 60,000 IOPS at sub-millisecond latency", "a media company uploads 200 GB files from Asia to a bucket in Ireland") and expect you to pick the storage service and its configuration that sustains the required throughput, IOPS, latency, and growth.