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Difficulty: EasyHigh Availability, Scalability, and Elasticity

A business runs an application with workloads that vary significantly depending on the time of day. To optimize costs and efficiency, the system automatically provisions additional virtual machine instances when workload increases and deprovisions them when demand drops.

Is the statement 'This automated scaling of resources in response to changing demand is an example of elasticity' true or false?

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True
The correct answer is True because elasticity represents the capability of a cloud environment to automatically and dynamically adjust resources to meet changing workloads, ensuring the company does not overpay for idle resources.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the scenario described in the question.
The scenario describes a system that automatically adds virtual machines when demand increases and removes them when demand decreases.
To determine the cloud concept that matches this behavior.
2
Recall the definition of cloud elasticity.
Elasticity refers to the ability to automatically scale resources up and down (in and out) in response to real-time workload fluctuations.
To verify if the described scenario matches the definition of elasticity.
3
Evaluate the statement.
Since the scenario matches the definition of elasticity, the statement is true.
To arrive at the final true/false determination.

Key Concept

Cloud elasticity vs scalability
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High Availability, Scalability, and Elasticity

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