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AZ-301 Exam - Question 168


You need to recommend a compute solution for the middle tier of the payment processing system.

What should you include in the recommendation?

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Correct Answer: B

To recommend a compute solution for the middle tier of a payment processing system, the best option is virtual machine scale sets. This is because virtual machine scale sets allow the number of VMs to increase or decrease automatically based on demand, ensuring high availability and scalability, which is crucial for a payment processing system. Additionally, when deployed across availability zones, virtual machine scale sets can provide a Service Level Agreement (SLA) of 99.99% availability, which is essential for minimizing downtime and ensuring reliability.

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Rebbew
Dec 17, 2019

Ensure that the number of compute nodes of the front-end and the middle tiers of the payment processing system can increase or decrease automatically based on CPU utilization.

bolbol
Feb 7, 2020

Not only that, Host the middle tier of the payment processing system on a virtual machine.

tartar
Sep 20, 2020

B is oik

tartar
Sep 20, 2020

B is oik

[Removed]
Aug 24, 2020

A. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) > Can be ruled out. Requirement says to host the middle tier on VMs. B. virtual machine scale sets > Fullfills the requirement of increasing or decreasing automatically based on CPU utilization, can be used together with availability zones to reach 99.99% SLA C. availability sets > Doesn't provide a 99.99% SLA "only" 99.95% D. App Service Environments (ASEs) > Can be ruled out for the same reason as A. Conclusion: > Answer B. is correct

LFWGD
Sep 5, 2020

Agreed. The word to look for in here is "compute".

us3r
Feb 19, 2022

TLDR. Answer B. Pass Tea time

SJAz300
Apr 24, 2020

Answer is correct as per the requirement - Host the middle tier of the payment processing system on a virtual machine.

profileexto
Jul 19, 2020

"Host the middle tier of the payment processing system on a virtual machine." Answer is correct

gboyega
Jul 22, 2020

Answer is correct. Scale Sets

svcoco
Jun 6, 2020

I think the answer is correct. According to this link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/sla/virtual-machines/v1_9/ SLA for Virtual Machines Last updated: January 2020 *For all Virtual Machines that have two or more instances deployed across two or more Availability Zones in the same Azure region, we guarantee you will have Virtual Machine Connectivity to at least one instance at least 99.99% of the time. So we can deploy a scale set on two availability zones to achieve a SLA of 99.99%

AmineHZ
May 20, 2020

the given answer is correct

sanketshah
Jan 3, 2021

B. is correct answer.

bootyholeman
Feb 17, 2020

I wonder if it's AKS because: Minimize the effort required to modify the middle tier API and the back-end tier of the payment processing system. - easy with containers. AKS uses scale set internally ...

HS007
Feb 20, 2020

AKS is serverless technology and does not involve VM. One requirement is to host the middle tier of the payment processing system on a virtual machine.

asdfgh1234567
Jul 24, 2020

As bootholeman states, AKS uses a Virtual Machine Scale Set - these are VMs.

anonymous0
Mar 4, 2020

SLA 99.99

gops84
Jun 1, 2020

Scale set ensure only 99.95% availability. Availibility zone gives 99.99%

gops84
Jun 1, 2020

I think it is true, i was mentioning availability set, the VMSS gives 99.99

gops84
Jun 1, 2020

I think it is true, i was mentioning availability set, the VMSS gives 99.99

gops84
Jun 1, 2020

Scale set ensure only 99.95% availability. Availibility zone gives 99.99%

gops84
Jun 1, 2020

I think it is true, i was mentioning availability set, the VMSS gives 99.99

gops84
Jun 1, 2020

I think it is true, i was mentioning availability set, the VMSS gives 99.99

asdfgh1234567
Jul 24, 2020

As bootholeman states, AKS uses a Virtual Machine Scale Set - these are VMs.

[Removed]
Apr 22, 2020

How does this relate to Question3 in the previous set?

DeveshSolanki
Jun 29, 2020

B. virtual machine scale sets

tromek
Sep 1, 2020

Ensure that the number of compute nodes of the front-end and the middle tiers of the payment processing system can increase or decrease automatically based on CPU utilization. Ensure that each tier of the payment processing system is subject to a Service Level Agreement (SLA) of 99.99 percent availability As Availability Set gives only 99,95 we need to have VM scale set with zones which gives 99,99

zanhsieh
Jul 4, 2020

I sort-of doubt AKS, VMSS, and availability sets as per migration requirements: - Infrastructure services must remain available if a region or a data center fails... - Whenever possible, Azure managed services must be used ... AKS is a managed service, but no option could cover regional failure. VMSS and Availability sets are not a managed service; no option could cover regional failure. ASE is managed service, and has option to cover regional failure. See: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/intro But, why a cross regional managed service w/ SLA lower than 99.99% is a puzzle in my mind: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/sla/app-service/v1_4/ Maybe Azure are talking when some customer only config single region?

asdfgh1234567
Jul 24, 2020

Everyone repeat after me and burn this into your mind: RA-GRS IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN GRS. This makes sense too, because with RA-GRS, Microsoft must make sure that data is available to be read from multiple locations. This means more networking and added complexity. With GRS, they activate a secondary entry-point when they monitor an issue with the primary region: single entrypoint and less networking and less complexity = less expensive.

CloudDummyDude
Sep 15, 2020

App Service Environments (ASE) can be deployed into Availability Zones (AZ). First: Whenever possible, Azure managed services must be used to minimize management overhead. Second: Whenever possible, costs must be minimized.