Question 1

CASE STUDY: HealthData Inc

Overview:
Industry: Healthcare Analytics
Size: 1000 employees

Environment:
- Co-located data center
- Hadoop cluster
- SFTP servers
- 50 TB patient data

Requirements:
- ML models for diagnostics
- Secure data sharing portals
- Break data silos

Exec Statements:
- CEO: Need compute for ML.
- CRO: HIPAA compliance is top priority.
- CTO: Managed services needed to replace Hadoop.

Tech Reqs:
- Strict HIPAA compliance
- Automated PHI de-identification
- Comprehensive audit logging
- CMEK
- Network isolation (no public internet)

Constraints:
- US data sovereignty
- 7-year retention (immutable)
- Easy auditor access

QUESTION: To replace the on-premises Hadoop cluster with a managed service while minimizing migration effort, which GCP service should you recommend?

Accepted Answer

Identify the GCP managed service that runs Apache Hadoop and Spark ecosystems.

Question 2

What mistakes do candidates make on this GCP PCA question?

Accepted Answer

Choosing Dataflow (A) because it's 'modern', ignoring the constraint to minimize migration effort for existing Hadoop jobs.

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