CV0-004 Cloud Architecture and Design Practice Question
A company wants to migrate its on-premises workloads to the cloud but must keep sensitive data on-premises due to regulatory requirements. Which cloud deployment model should the company use?
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Why each option matters
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Hybrid cloud
A hybrid cloud connects on-premises infrastructure with public cloud resources, allowing sensitive data to remain on-premises while leveraging the cloud for other workloads.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Multi-cloud
Why it's wrong here
Multi-cloud uses multiple public clouds, which does not address the on-premises requirement.
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Public cloud
Why it's wrong here
Public cloud stores all data off-premises, which does not meet the regulatory requirement.
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Hybrid cloud
Why this is correct
Hybrid cloud allows sensitive data to remain on-premises while using public cloud resources for other workloads.
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Private cloud
Why it's wrong here
A private cloud still hosts workloads on dedicated infrastructure, but it does not inherently solve the regulatory requirement to keep sensitive data on-premises, because the private cloud model can be deployed off-premises in a third-party data centre. It is tempting because private cloud is often associated with exclusive, single-tenant environments for compliance, and it would be correct if the company needed dedicated infrastructure without the multi-tenancy of public cloud, but the stem explicitly mandates data remain on-premises, which a hybrid cloud model achieves by combining local and cloud resources.
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