An enterprise e-commerce platform is migrating its containerized workloads to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) running on Linux nodes. You are designing the storage architecture to meet the following requirements:
* A shared file share is required to store product catalog assets. It must be mounted directly by multiple concurrent Linux pods, support the NFS v4.1 protocol, provide zone redundancy, and deliver sub-millisecond latency for metadata operations.
* A stateful database container requires a persistent volume that supports at least IOPS and sub-millisecond write latency, and must remain available even if a single Azure availability zone suffers an outage.
Which two storage configurations should you include in your design? (Select TWO.)
- Premium Azure Files share using the NFS v4.1 protocol configured with Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS)Answer
- Premium SSD v2 managed disks configured with Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS)Answer
- CUltra Disk managed disks configured with Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS)
- DStandard Azure Files share using the SMB protocol configured with Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS)
Answer
Premium Azure Files share using the NFS v4.1 protocol configured with Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS) and Premium SSD v2 managed disks configured with Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS)
The required architecture must include a high-performance shared file system and a high-performance database persistent volume, both configured with Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS). A Premium Azure Files share configured with NFS v4.1 and ZRS satisfies the file share requirement by supporting concurrent Linux pod mounting, low latency, and zone-redundant availability. Premium SSD v2 managed disks configured with ZRS satisfy the database requirement by supporting up to 80,000 IOPS and sub-millisecond latency while providing zone redundancy.
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Key Concept
Selecting Azure storage solutions (Azure Files and managed disks) based on performance, protocol, and availability requirements.