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CASE STUDY: ShopGlobal. Global e-commerce. Monolithic Java on VMware. Oracle RAC (20TB). 10x Black Friday traffic. Req: Microservices, 100% uptime during holidays, personalized recommendations. CEO: Flawless omnichannel. CFO: Predictable spend. CTO: No vendor lock-in, open-source. Tech: Containerize, Global LB, PCI-DSS, async orders, real-time inventory. Constraints: Keep Oracle on-prem for 2 yrs (licensing), low K8s skills, strict security reviews.

How should you design the hybrid connectivity between GCP microservices and the on-premises Oracle database to ensure high throughput and low latency?

GCP PCA · Question 10 · Domain 5: Managing Implementation and Ensuring Solution and Operations Reliability

CASE STUDY: ShopGlobal. Global e-commerce. Monolithic Java on VMware. Oracle RAC (20TB). 10x Black Friday traffic. Req: Microservices, 100% uptime during holidays, personalized recommendations. CEO: Flawless omnichannel. CFO: Predictable spend. CTO: No vendor lock-in, open-source. Tech: Containerize, Global LB, PCI-DSS, async orders, real-time inventory. Constraints: Keep Oracle on-prem for 2 yrs (licensing), low K8s skills, strict security reviews.

To route traffic globally to the closest healthy GKE cluster and offload SSL, which load balancer should you configure?

Answer options:

A.

Global External HTTP(S) Load Balancer

B.

External TCP/UDP Network Load Balancer

C.

Internal HTTP(S) Load Balancer

D.

Cloud DNS with Round Robin

How to approach this question

Identify the global Layer 7 load balancer.

Full Answer

A.Global External HTTP(S) Load Balancer✓ Correct
The Global External HTTP(S) Load Balancer terminates SSL at the edge and routes users to the closest healthy region automatically.

Common mistakes

Selecting Network Load Balancer for Layer 7 requirements.

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