Domain 1: Designing and Planning a Cloud Solution Architecture — GCP PCA Practice Question 38

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Balance 'minimal code changes' (Lift and Shift) with the specific request to 'improve durability' (Cloud Storage).

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Given the strict 3-month timeline and 'minimal code changes' constraint, a lift-and-shift of the compute layer using Migrate to Virtual Machines (Option A) is required. However, to meet the requirement of improving image durability, the storage mechanism must be modernized. Moving the images to Cloud Storage (Option D) and making the minor code change to use the Cloud Storage API (Option C) provides 99.999999999% durability.

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Selecting B (Refactor). This is a common 'cloud native' trap, but ignores the business constraints of time and minimal changes.

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