What should a solutions architect do to accomplish this?

A company currently has 250 TB of backup files stored in Amazon S3 in a vendor’s proprietary format. Using a Linux-based software application provided by the vendor, the company wants to retrieve files from Amazon S3, transform the files to an industry-standard format, and re-upload them to Amazon S3. The company wants to minimize the data transfer charges associated with this conversion

What should a solutions architect do to accomplish this?
A . Install the conversion software as an Amazon S3 batch operation so the data is transformed without leaving Amazon S3
B . Install the conversion software onto an on-premises virtual machine. Perform the transformation and re-upload the files to Amazon S3 from the virtual machine.
C . Use AWS Snowball Edge devices to export the data and install the conversion software onto the devices. Perform the data transformation and re-upload the files to Amazon S3 from the Snowball Edge devices
D . Launch an Amazon EC2 instance in the same Region as Amazon S3 and install the conversion software onto the instance. Perform the transformation and re-upload the files to Amazon S3 from the EC2 instance.

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Answer: D