Question 1

Your company is migrating an on-premises MySQL database to Google Cloud. The database is 500 GB in size. The application requires full MySQL compatibility, high availability within a single region, and automatic backups. The team wants to minimize database administration overhead.

Which Google Cloud database service should you choose?

Accepted Answer

Identify the key requirements: Relational (MySQL), fully managed (minimize overhead), regional HA, and size (500 GB).

Question 2

What mistakes do candidates make on this GCP ACE question?

Accepted Answer

Choosing Cloud Spanner because of 'high availability', but missing that Spanner is for massive, global scale and lacks native MySQL drop-in compatibility.

How to approach this question

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Practice the full GCP Associate Cloud Engineer Practice Exam 5

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