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A university needs to host a new research platform. The university decides to host the primary database on physical servers located in their campus data center, which requires purchasing the hardware upfront. At the same time, the research application's web frontend is deployed to Microsoft Azure to handle variable student traffic on a pay-as-you-go basis. Which cloud model is represented by this deployment, and how are the initial database server costs categorized?

  1. A
    Private, with the database costs categorized as Capital Expenditure (CapEx)
  2. B
    Hybrid, with the database costs categorized as Operational Expenditure (OpEx)
  3. Hybrid, with the database costs categorized as Capital Expenditure (CapEx)Answer
  4. D
    Multi-cloud, with the database costs categorized as Operational Expenditure (OpEx)

Answer

Hybrid, with the database costs categorized as Capital Expenditure (CapEx)
The deployment combines on-premises physical servers (private infrastructure) with Microsoft Azure (public infrastructure), which defines a hybrid cloud model. Because the university purchases the physical database hardware upfront, these expenses are classified as Capital Expenditure (CapEx).

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the infrastructure components to identify the cloud model.
The architecture integrates on-premises physical servers (private) with Microsoft Azure services (public).
Combining private and public cloud resources results in a hybrid cloud model.
2
Determine the financial classification of the database server costs.
The servers are purchased upfront by the university, which is an investment in physical infrastructure.
Upfront spending on physical infrastructure is categorized as Capital Expenditure (CapEx).

Key Concept

Identifying cloud models and associated expenditure types
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Cloud Models (Public, Private, Hybrid, Multi-cloud)

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