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    PracticeGCP Professional Cloud ArchitectGCP Professional Cloud Architect Practice Exam 4Question 05
    Easy1 markMultiple Choice
    Domain 4: Analyzing and Optimizing Technical and Business ProcessesSRETeam EnablementSLO
    This question is part of a case study — click to read the full scenario(Case 01)

    CASE STUDY: TechStream Gaming

    Overview: 500 employees, $100M revenue. On-prem US/EU, 200 servers, 5TB MySQL. 2M peak users, $100K/mo cost.
    Business: Reduce cost 40%, 5x growth, launch APAC/SA/Africa, daily deployments.
    Executives:

    • CEO: "Scale rapidly to compete. Cloud is critical."
    • CFO: "Cost reduction paramount. Max $100K/mo. ROI in 18 months."
    • CTO: "Team has limited cloud experience. 99.95% uptime non-negotiable."
      Tech: <100ms latency globally, real-time analytics, 5x seasonal spikes, EU data residency, DDoS protection, CI/CD.
      Constraints: 12-month migration, 4hr max downtime, 20 devs (Java/MySQL), 5 ops (limited cloud), $2M budget.

    Which migration strategy should you recommend for the core gaming application to meet the business and technical requirements?

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    GCP PCA · Question 05 · Domain 4: Analyzing and Optimizing Technical and Business Processes

    CASE STUDY: TechStream Gaming

    Overview: 500 employees, $100M revenue. On-prem US/EU, 200 servers, 5TB MySQL. 2M peak users, $100K/mo cost.
    Business: Reduce cost 40%, 5x growth, launch APAC/SA/Africa, daily deployments.
    Executives:

    • CEO: "Scale rapidly to compete. Cloud is critical."
    • CFO: "Cost reduction paramount. Max $100K/mo. ROI in 18 months."
    • CTO: "Team has limited cloud experience. 99.95% uptime non-negotiable."
      Tech: <100ms latency globally, real-time analytics, 5x seasonal spikes, EU data residency, DDoS protection, CI/CD.
      Constraints: 12-month migration, 4hr max downtime, 20 devs (Java/MySQL), 5 ops (limited cloud), $2M budget.

    How should you address the operations team's limited cloud experience while ensuring the 99.95% uptime requirement?

    Answer options:

    A.

    Replace the operations team with experienced GCP certified engineers.

    B.

    Outsource all operations to a third-party Managed Service Provider (MSP).

    C.

    Implement SRE practices, define Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and utilize Google Cloud Skills Boost for team training.

    D.

    Keep the application on-premises where the team already has operational experience.

    How to approach this question

    Look for solutions that build internal capability and use Google's recommended operational frameworks (SRE).

    Full Answer

    C.Implement SRE practices, define Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and utilize Google Cloud Skills Boost for team training.✓ Correct
    Google Cloud Architecture Framework recommends upskilling existing teams rather than replacing them. Utilizing Google Cloud Skills Boost provides the necessary training. To guarantee the 99.95% uptime, the team should adopt Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, specifically defining SLIs and SLOs to measure and manage reliability objectively.

    Common mistakes

    Choosing B (Outsourcing) - this is a common real-world reflex but usually violates cost constraints and doesn't align with Google's enablement philosophy.
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