Which Azure storage option is generally the most cost-effective for storing infrequently accessed SAP archive data that must be retained for compliance?

Azure Blob Storage with the Cool access tier

Azure Premium SSD managed disks

Azure Standard HDD managed disks

An SAP HANA database on Azure is experiencing high storage costs and slow backup performance. The database is 4 TB and grows 100 GB per month. The company requires point-in-time recovery for the last 14 days and monthly backups retained for 7 years. The current backup strategy uses Azure Backup with daily full backups to a Recovery Services vault. What should you do to reduce storage costs and improve backup performance?

Switch to weekly full backups with daily differential backups and retain the weekly backups for 7 years.

Move the database to Azure NetApp Files and use Snapshots for daily backups.

Use SAP HANA Backint with Azure Backup to perform daily incremental backups and store them in the vault.

Reduce the retention of daily backups to 7 days and keep only monthly backups for 7 years.

An SAP HANA database on Azure is experiencing slow query performance. The database uses Premium SSD storage. The team notices that the storage IOPS and throughput are consistently at the limits. What should you do to improve database performance?

Increase the size of the Premium SSD disks to get higher IOPS and throughput.

Enable Azure Blob Storage for the database files.

Move the database to a smaller VM to reduce storage I/O.

Archive old data to reduce the database size.

What is the primary purpose of resizing an Azure virtual machine for an SAP workload?

To change the operating system of the VM.

To move the VM to a different Azure region.

To align the VM's compute and memory capacity with the actual workload requirements, optimizing both performance and cost.

To increase the number of network interfaces on the VM.

A company runs SAP NetWeaver on Azure with 20 application server VMs. The workload is predictable: high during the day, low at night. The company wants to reduce compute costs without sacrificing daytime performance. They are considering using Azure Savings Plans and/or resizing. What is the most cost-effective approach?

Resize the VMs to a smaller SKU during the night and back to a larger SKU during the day.

Purchase a one-year Azure Savings Plan for all VMs and keep them running 24x7.

Use Azure Automation to start/stop the VMs during off-peak hours and purchase a savings plan for the remaining usage.

Purchase Reserved Instances for all VMs and use Autoscale to scale out during the day.

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Which Azure storage option is generally the most cost-effective for storing infrequently accessed SAP archive data that must be retained for compliance?
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An SAP HANA database on Azure is experiencing high storage costs and slow backup performance. The database is 4 TB and grows 100 GB per month. The company requires point-in-time recovery for the last 14 days and monthly backups retained for 7 years. The current backup strategy uses Azure Backup with daily full backups to a Recovery Services vault. What should you do to reduce storage costs and improve backup performance?
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An SAP HANA database on Azure is experiencing slow query performance. The database uses Premium SSD storage. The team notices that the storage IOPS and throughput are consistently at the limits. What should you do to improve database performance?
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14foundation · easy
What is the primary purpose of resizing an Azure virtual machine for an SAP workload?
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A company runs SAP NetWeaver on Azure with 20 application server VMs. The workload is predictable: high during the day, low at night. The company wants to reduce compute costs without sacrificing daytime performance. They are considering using Azure Savings Plans and/or resizing. What is the most cost-effective approach?
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Which Azure storage option is generally the most cost-effective for storing infrequently accessed SAP archive data that must be retained for compliance?

An SAP HANA database on Azure is experiencing slow query performance. The database uses Premium SSD storage. The team notices that the storage IOPS and throughput are consistently at the limits. What should you do to improve database performance?

What is the primary purpose of resizing an Azure virtual machine for an SAP workload?

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