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Zorluk: OrtaUnderstand concepts of cloud economics

SolarPulse, a solar energy analytics company, currently operates an on-premises data center. The company experiences significant seasonal fluctuations in data processing needs, with demand peaking during the summer months. To prevent downtime, they provisioned their on-premises infrastructure to handle this peak load, leaving resources underutilized for the rest of the year. They are planning to migrate their workloads to AWS. Which of the following best describes the cloud economics benefit that directly addresses SolarPulse's underutilization issue?

  1. Elasticity, which enables the dynamic scaling of resources to match demand, minimizing cost waste during low-demand periods.Cevap
  2. B
    Scalability, which allows the company to permanently increase its fixed capacity to accommodate future year-round growth.
  3. C
    Transitioning to a fixed cost model using upfront capital expenses (CapEx) to secure volume discounts.
  4. D
    Relying on On-Demand billing to maintain maximum provisioned capacity continuously at a lower rate.

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Elasticity, which enables the dynamic scaling of resources to match demand, minimizing cost waste during low-demand periods.
The option describing elasticity is correct because elasticity represents the ability to dynamically scale resources to match actual demand. This addresses the problem of seasonal underutilization by scaling down resources when demand drops, ensuring the customer only pays for what is consumed.

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1
Analyze the business scenario and identify the primary financial challenge.
SolarPulse experiences seasonal fluctuations in demand, leading to underutilized, idle infrastructure during off-peak months.
Understanding the workload characteristics helps determine which cloud economic principle applies.
2
Evaluate the cloud economic concept that addresses matching resource supply with varying demand.
Elasticity allows a company to automatically scale up resources during peak periods and scale them down during low-demand periods to eliminate paying for unused capacity.
This allows the workload to dynamically match resource consumption to actual demand, solving the underutilization problem.

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Understanding the economic benefit of elasticity in reducing TCO and eliminating underutilization
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