A financial services firm is migrating a critical core banking reporting application to Azure. The application runs on Azure Virtual Machines and requires a shared storage volume. The storage solution must meet the following requirements:
* Support concurrent read and write operations via the SMB protocol.
* Guarantee sub-millisecond read and write latency for highly transactional file metadata updates.
* Ensure that the data remains fully writeable and accessible even if a single Azure datacenter (Availability Zone) within the primary region suffers a total outage.
* Authenticate file access using the firm's on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
Which storage solution should you recommend?
- An Azure Files Premium tier share deployed on a Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS) storage accountCevap
- BAn Azure Files Premium tier share deployed on a Locally Redundant Storage (LRS) storage account
- CAn Azure Files Transaction Optimized standard tier share deployed on a Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS) storage account
- DAn Azure Managed Disks volume using Premium SSD v2 configured with Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS) and enabled for shared access
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An Azure Files Premium tier share deployed on a Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS) storage account
The correct option is the choice recommending an Azure Files Premium tier share deployed on a Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS) storage account. Premium Azure Files uses SSDs to deliver sub-millisecond latencies for metadata and small I/O operations, natively supports the SMB protocol, and allows domain join authentication using on-premises AD DS. Deploying it with ZRS replicates data across three separate availability zones in the primary region, ensuring write capabilities survive a datacenter failure.
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Selecting the appropriate tier and replication strategy for Azure Files to meet performance, protocol, and high-availability design constraints.