A Cloud Administrator Is Load Balancing Six VMs on an IaaS

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Multiple Choice

A cloud administrator is load balancing six VMs on an IaaS cloud service. The organization has an SLA stating the application should be available 99.999% of the time. At present, the six VMs are handling the load from one region and three availability zones. System baselines have confirmed there must be at least six VMs to handle this load. Given this scenario, which of the following should the administrator recommend to BEST meet these requirements?

• A) Implement and procure three VMs and spread them across three availability zones.
• B) Implement and procure six VMs and add them to the three existing availability zones.
• C) Implement and procure another region and set up three VMs across three availability zones.
• D) Implement and procure another region and set up six VMs across three availability zones.

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