A company is migrating a legacy Java application from on-premises to Google Cloud. The application is tightly coupled to a specific version of Java and uses a proprietary in-memory cache. The migration team has a tight deadline and limited budget. The company wants to adopt cloud-native services where possible but cannot afford a full rewrite. What is the most appropriate migration strategy?

Lift-and-shift the application to Compute Engine VMs and use Memorystore for Redis to replace the proprietary cache.

Migrate the application to App Engine and use the built-in Memcache service.

Rewrite the application as a set of microservices on Cloud Run and use Cloud Memorystore.

Replatform the application to run on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and containerize the proprietary cache.

A manufacturing company runs a custom inventory-management application on a single Windows Server VM. The application uses a SQL Server database and is accessed by 50 internal users. The company wants to move to Google Cloud and adopt a cloud-first approach. What should the company do?

Replatform the application to run on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) with a containerized SQL Server.

Migrate the application to a Compute Engine VM and use Cloud SQL for SQL Server as the database.

Lift-and-shift the application and SQL Server to a single Compute Engine VM.

Rewrite the application as a cloud-native microservices architecture on Cloud Run.

What is a trade-off an architect should consider when adopting a cloud-native service for an existing workload?

Potential vendor lock-in to a specific cloud provider's services

No need for any security configuration

Complete elimination of the need for monitoring

Guaranteed improvement in performance for all workloads

An architect wants to improve cost efficiency for a batch processing workload that runs for a few hours each night. Which cloud technology advancement would be most appropriate to consider?

Always-on managed instance groups

Larger machine types with more vCPUs

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A company is migrating a legacy Java application from on-premises to Google Cloud. The application is tightly coupled to a specific version of Java and uses a proprietary in-memory cache. The migration team has a tight deadline and limited budget. The company wants to adopt cloud-native services where possible but cannot afford a full rewrite. What is the most appropriate migration strategy?
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A manufacturing company runs a custom inventory-management application on a single Windows Server VM. The application uses a SQL Server database and is accessed by 50 internal users. The company wants to move to Google Cloud and adopt a cloud-first approach. What should the company do?
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What is a trade-off an architect should consider when adopting a cloud-native service for an existing workload?
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An architect wants to improve cost efficiency for a batch processing workload that runs for a few hours each night. Which cloud technology advancement would be most appropriate to consider?
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A manufacturing company runs a custom inventory-management application on a single Windows Server VM. The application uses a SQL Server database and is accessed by 50 internal users. The company wants to move to Google Cloud and adopt a cloud-first approach. What should the company do?

What is a trade-off an architect should consider when adopting a cloud-native service for an existing workload?

An architect wants to improve cost efficiency for a batch processing workload that runs for a few hours each night. Which cloud technology advancement would be most appropriate to consider?

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