A Large Finance Firm Processes Three Times as Many Transactions

question 26

Multiple Choice

A large finance firm processes three times as many transactions in December of each year. The transactions are processed in a private cloud. Management wants to avoid adding permanent resources to accommodate the single month increase. Which of the following is the BEST way to meet the need?

• A) Migrate all transaction processing to a public cloud and size capacity for the largest seasonal needs.
• B) Keep current capacity for processing, but implement cloud bursting to auto scale the resources without having to invest in infrastructure.
• C) Determine usage patterns over time and virtualize the processing traffic to give room for seasonal changes in resource demand.
• D) Determine usage patterns for the seasonal capacity needs and add physical resources to allow additional processing.

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