An SAP ERP system on Azure stores large amounts of historical data in the database. The database is growing quickly, and storage costs are increasing. The system must remain responsive for daily operations, but historical data is rarely accessed. What should you do to reduce storage costs while maintaining performance?

Enable Azure Storage snapshots for the database disks.

Change the database storage tier to a lower-performance tier.

Move the database to a larger VM to accommodate the growing data.

Archive historical data to Azure Blob Storage using SAP Data Archiving.

A company runs SAP ERP on Azure with a large SAP HANA database. The database uses Premium SSD managed disks for data and log files. The company wants to reduce storage costs without affecting performance. What should they do?

Enable Azure Storage lifecycle management to move the database files to Cool tier.

Use Azure Disk Storage with Bursting for the data files.

Archive old database partitions to Azure Blob Storage using SAP Data Archiving.

Move the log files to Standard SSD to reduce costs.

A company runs SAP S/4HANA on Azure. The production database VM (M128s) is consistently at 5% CPU and 30% memory utilization. The application server VMs (E32s_v4) are at 80% CPU during peak hours. The company wants to optimize costs without affecting performance. What should they do?

Resize the application VMs to a larger SKU and keep the database VM unchanged.

Resize the database VM to a smaller SKU and resize the application VMs to a larger SKU.

Use Azure Advisor to identify the optimal VM sizes for both tiers and apply the recommendations.

Resize the database VM to a smaller M-series SKU and keep the application tier unchanged.

A company runs SAP on Azure with a production system that has 10 VMs (E16s_v4) running 24x7. The company expects the workload to remain stable for the next 5 years. They want to maximize cost savings with minimal management overhead. What should they do?

Purchase a one-year Azure Savings Plan for all 10 VMs.

Resize the VMs to a smaller SKU and purchase one-year Reserved Instances.

Use Azure Hybrid Benefit and purchase a three-year savings plan.

Purchase three-year Reserved Instances for all 10 VMs.

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An SAP ERP system on Azure stores large amounts of historical data in the database. The database is growing quickly, and storage costs are increasing. The system must remain responsive for daily operations, but historical data is rarely accessed. What should you do to reduce storage costs while maintaining performance?
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A company runs SAP ERP on Azure with a large SAP HANA database. The database uses Premium SSD managed disks for data and log files. The company wants to reduce storage costs without affecting performance. What should they do?
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A company runs SAP S/4HANA on Azure. The production database VM (M128s) is consistently at 5% CPU and 30% memory utilization. The application server VMs (E32s_v4) are at 80% CPU during peak hours. The company wants to optimize costs without affecting performance. What should they do?
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A company runs SAP on Azure with a production system that has 10 VMs (E16s_v4) running 24x7. The company expects the workload to remain stable for the next 5 years. They want to maximize cost savings with minimal management overhead. What should they do?
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A company runs SAP ERP on Azure with a large SAP HANA database. The database uses Premium SSD managed disks for data and log files. The company wants to reduce storage costs without affecting performance. What should they do?

A company runs SAP S/4HANA on Azure. The production database VM (M128s) is consistently at 5% CPU and 30% memory utilization. The application server VMs (E32s_v4) are at 80% CPU during peak hours. The company wants to optimize costs without affecting performance. What should they do?

A company runs SAP on Azure with a production system that has 10 VMs (E16s_v4) running 24x7. The company expects the workload to remain stable for the next 5 years. They want to maximize cost savings with minimal management overhead. What should they do?

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