A company has a predictable baseline workload that runs 24/7 and a separate batch job that runs for a few hours each night. They want to minimize cost while maintaining control over the OS for both workloads. Which approach is most cost-effective among the listed options?

Use on-demand IaaS instances for both workloads

Use IaaS reserved instances for the baseline and spot instances for the batch job

Use PaaS for both workloads to avoid managing VMs

Use a hybrid cloud with on-premises for baseline and public IaaS for batch

A regional hospital chain must store patient records in a way that meets strict data-residency regulations, but it wants to avoid building a new data center. The IT director proposes using a cloud provider's dedicated region within the country, with the hospital's own encryption keys and access policies. Which deployment model best matches this approach?

Private cloud hosted on-premises

Hybrid cloud combining public and private

Public cloud with a compliant regional deployment

Community cloud shared with other hospitals

In which cloud service model does the customer have the most control over the operating system and applications?

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

All models provide equal control

A small business subscribes to an online accounting application. The vendor handles the servers, operating system, application updates, and data backups. The business only manages user accounts and data entry. Which cloud service model is the business using?

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

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A company has a predictable baseline workload that runs 24/7 and a separate batch job that runs for a few hours each night. They want to minimize cost while maintaining control over the OS for both workloads. Which approach is most cost-effective among the listed options?
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A company runs a private cloud for sensitive data processing but wants to use a public cloud for non-sensitive, high-volume workloads. Which deployment model does this describe?
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A regional hospital chain must store patient records in a way that meets strict data-residency regulations, but it wants to avoid building a new data center. The IT director proposes using a cloud provider's dedicated region within the country, with the hospital's own encryption keys and access policies. Which deployment model best matches this approach?
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In which cloud service model does the customer have the most control over the operating system and applications?
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10application · medium
A small business subscribes to an online accounting application. The vendor handles the servers, operating system, application updates, and data backups. The business only manages user accounts and data entry. Which cloud service model is the business using?
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A company has a predictable baseline workload that runs 24/7 and a separate batch job that runs for a few hours each night. They want to minimize cost while maintaining control over the OS for both workloads. Which approach is most cost-effective among the listed options?

A company runs a private cloud for sensitive data processing but wants to use a public cloud for non-sensitive, high-volume workloads. Which deployment model does this describe?

In which cloud service model does the customer have the most control over the operating system and applications?

A small business subscribes to an online accounting application. The vendor handles the servers, operating system, application updates, and data backups. The business only manages user accounts and data entry. Which cloud service model is the business using?

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