Examkin

Question

Difficulty: MediumCreate and Configure Virtual Machines

You are planning the deployment of several Azure virtual machines (VMs) for different workloads. Match each workload requirement to the appropriate Azure VM configuration feature.

  • Deploy application and database VMs physically close to each other to minimize inter-VM network latency.Proximity Placement Group
  • Run VM workloads on dedicated physical hardware that is not shared with other Azure customer subscriptions.Azure Dedicated Host
  • Provision stateless VMs with high-speed local OS disks that incur no remote storage transaction costs.Ephemeral OS disk
  • Run batch processing jobs that can tolerate sudden VM evictions in exchange for significant cost savings.Azure Spot Virtual Machine

Answer

Each workload requirement matches to a specific Azure VM feature: lowest latency requires a Proximity Placement Group, dedicated hardware requires an Azure Dedicated Host, stateless VMs with no storage cost require an Ephemeral OS disk, and interruptible workloads with cost savings require an Azure Spot Virtual Machine.
Each workload requirement maps to a specific VM configuration: proximity placement groups minimize inter-VM network latency; dedicated hosts satisfy strict hardware isolation requirements; ephemeral OS disks run on local storage for stateless workloads at zero remote storage cost; and spot VMs offer discounted rates for interruptible workloads.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the low-latency workload requirement.
Identify that Proximity Placement Groups are logical groupings used to ensure that Azure compute resources are physically located close to each other to minimize network latency.
This directly aligns the low latency requirement to the Proximity Placement Group feature.
2
Analyze the isolated hardware compliance requirement.
Identify that Azure Dedicated Host provides physical servers dedicated to a single Azure subscription to address compliance and isolation standards.
This links dedicated hardware requirements with the Dedicated Host service.
3
Analyze the stateless VM storage cost requirement.
Identify that Ephemeral OS disks run on the local VM storage (cache or temp disk) and incur no remote storage costs while providing fast local read/write capabilities.
This matches the local OS disk and cost avoidance requirement to Ephemeral OS disks.
4
Analyze the fault-tolerant cost-reduction requirement.
Identify that Azure Spot Virtual Machines allow you to take advantage of unused capacity at a significant cost reduction but can be evicted when Azure needs the capacity back.
This aligns interruptible workloads with Azure Spot VMs.

Key Concept

Azure Virtual Machine creation and configuration options including Proximity Placement Groups, Dedicated Hosts, Ephemeral OS disks, and Spot VMs.
Rate this question

Topics

Create and Configure Virtual Machines

More questions from this topic