Which solution should the solutions architect recommend?

A company hosts an application on an Amazon EC2 instance that requires a maximum of 200 GB storage space. The application is used infrequently, with peaks during mornings and evenings. Disk I/O varies, but peaks at 3,000 IOPS. The chief financial officer of the company is concerned about costs and has asked a solutions architect to recommend the most cost-effective storage option that does not sacrifice performance.

Which solution should the solutions architect recommend?
A . Amazon EBS Cold HDD (sc1)
B . Amazon EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2)
C . Amazon EBS Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1)
D . Amazon EBS Throughput Optimized HDD (st1)

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Answer: B