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Why Option B is Correct:

Amazon S3 Standard provides immediate access to files and is cost-effective for files that need to be accessed within 5 minutes.

By adding the S3 location to the SQS queue, you avoid transferring large files directly, which is both more efficient and scalable.

Why Other Options are Incorrect:

Option A: S3 Glacier Deep Archive is designed for archival storage with retrieval times ranging from minutes to hours, which does not meet the 5-minute requirement.

Option C: Amazon EBS is designed for block storage attached to EC2 instances, which adds unnecessary complexity and cost.

Option D: SQS is not designed to handle large file content directly and has message size limits (256 KB).

AWS Documentation References:

Amazon S3 Overview

Amazon SQS Best Practices