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CASE STUDY: TechStream Gaming
Company Overview:
TechStream Gaming is a global gaming company with 500 employees and $100M in annual revenue. They develop multiplayer online games.
Current Technical Environment:
- On-premises data centers in US and EU
- 200 servers (mix of Windows and Linux)
- MySQL databases (5 TB total)
- Peak concurrent users: 2 million
- Current monthly infrastructure cost: $100K
Business Requirements:
- Reduce infrastructure costs by 40%
- Support 5x user growth over 2 years
- Launch in 3 new regions (APAC, SA, Africa)
- Improve deployment speed (current: 1 week -> target: daily)
Executive Statements:
- CEO: "We need to scale rapidly to compete with larger gaming companies. Cloud migration is critical to our growth strategy."
- CFO: "Cost reduction is paramount. We cannot exceed $60K/month in cloud costs. ROI must be achieved within 18 months."
- CTO: "Our team has limited cloud experience. We need a solution that doesn't require extensive retraining. Reliability is non-negotiable - 99.95% uptime minimum."
Technical Requirements:
- Sub-100ms latency for players globally
- Real-time analytics on player behavior
- Seasonal traffic spikes (5x during holidays)
- DDoS protection
- CI/CD pipeline for daily deployments
Constraints:
- Migration must complete in 12 months
- Cannot exceed 4-hour downtime during cutover
- Development team: 20 engineers (Java, MySQL expertise)
- Operations team: 5 engineers (limited cloud experience)
QUESTION:
Based on the CTO's constraints and the business requirements for daily deployments and scalability, which migration strategy should you recommend for the application tier?
GCP PCA · Question 04 · Domain 4: Analyzing and Optimizing Technical and Business Processes
CASE STUDY: TechStream Gaming
Company Overview:
TechStream Gaming is a global gaming company with 500 employees and $100M in annual revenue. They develop multiplayer online games.
Current Technical Environment:
- On-premises data centers in US and EU
- 200 servers (mix of Windows and Linux)
- MySQL databases (5 TB total)
- Peak concurrent users: 2 million
- Current monthly infrastructure cost: $100K
Business Requirements:
- Reduce infrastructure costs by 40%
- Support 5x user growth over 2 years
- Launch in 3 new regions (APAC, SA, Africa)
- Improve deployment speed (current: 1 week -> target: daily)
Executive Statements:
- CEO: "We need to scale rapidly to compete with larger gaming companies. Cloud migration is critical to our growth strategy."
- CFO: "Cost reduction is paramount. We cannot exceed $60K/month in cloud costs. ROI must be achieved within 18 months."
- CTO: "Our team has limited cloud experience. We need a solution that doesn't require extensive retraining. Reliability is non-negotiable - 99.95% uptime minimum."
Technical Requirements:
- Sub-100ms latency for players globally
- Real-time analytics on player behavior
- Seasonal traffic spikes (5x during holidays)
- DDoS protection
- CI/CD pipeline for daily deployments
Constraints:
- Migration must complete in 12 months
- Cannot exceed 4-hour downtime during cutover
- Development team: 20 engineers (Java, MySQL expertise)
- Operations team: 5 engineers (limited cloud experience)
QUESTION:
How should you address the CTO's concern regarding the operations team's limited cloud experience while ensuring the 12-month migration timeline is met?
CASE STUDY: TechStream Gaming
Company Overview:
TechStream Gaming is a global gaming company with 500 employees and $100M in annual revenue. They develop multiplayer online games.
Current Technical Environment:
- On-premises data centers in US and EU
- 200 servers (mix of Windows and Linux)
- MySQL databases (5 TB total)
- Peak concurrent users: 2 million
- Current monthly infrastructure cost: $100K
Business Requirements:
- Reduce infrastructure costs by 40%
- Support 5x user growth over 2 years
- Launch in 3 new regions (APAC, SA, Africa)
- Improve deployment speed (current: 1 week -> target: daily)
Executive Statements:
- CEO: "We need to scale rapidly to compete with larger gaming companies. Cloud migration is critical to our growth strategy."
- CFO: "Cost reduction is paramount. We cannot exceed $60K/month in cloud costs. ROI must be achieved within 18 months."
- CTO: "Our team has limited cloud experience. We need a solution that doesn't require extensive retraining. Reliability is non-negotiable - 99.95% uptime minimum."
Technical Requirements:
- Sub-100ms latency for players globally
- Real-time analytics on player behavior
- Seasonal traffic spikes (5x during holidays)
- DDoS protection
- CI/CD pipeline for daily deployments
Constraints:
- Migration must complete in 12 months
- Cannot exceed 4-hour downtime during cutover
- Development team: 20 engineers (Java, MySQL expertise)
- Operations team: 5 engineers (limited cloud experience)
QUESTION:
How should you address the CTO's concern regarding the operations team's limited cloud experience while ensuring the 12-month migration timeline is met?
Answer options:
Fire the existing operations team and hire 5 new engineers with Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certifications.
Delay the migration by 6 months to allow the operations team to learn GCP through self-study.
Engage a Google Cloud Partner for the migration execution and enroll the operations team in Google Cloud training and certification programs.
Rely entirely on Google Cloud Premium Support to manage the infrastructure post-migration.
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