A company is planning the deployment of two workloads to Azure Virtual Machines:
- Workload 1: A non-critical development testing application that runs intermittently, can tolerate interruptions, and requires the lowest possible compute cost.
- Workload 2: A production database that runs continuously in a steady state and requires high availability.
Which two of the following VM configuration strategies should you include in the design?
- Deploy Workload 1 on Azure Spot Virtual Machines.Answer
- Deploy Workload 2 on standard Azure Virtual Machines with Azure Reservations.Answer
- CDeploy Workload 2 on Azure Spot Virtual Machines to reduce production costs.
- DDeploy all Workload 2 Virtual Machine instances in a single Availability Zone.
Answer
Deploy Workload 1 on Azure Spot Virtual Machines and deploy Workload 2 on standard Azure Virtual Machines with Azure Reservations.
For the development workload that is non-critical and can be interrupted, Azure Spot Virtual Machines provide the lowest cost. For the steady-state production database, standard Virtual Machines combined with Azure Reservations offer cost efficiency without eviction risk.
Step-by-Step Solution
Key Concept
Selecting the appropriate virtual machine pricing and availability options based on workload criticalness and usage patterns.
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