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A financial services company must comply with strict data residency regulations. They want to run sensitive workloads on-premises while using Google Cloud for burst analytics. Which deployment model should they choose?
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Hybrid cloud
Hybrid cloud connects on-premises infrastructure with public cloud, allowing the company to keep sensitive data on-premises while leveraging cloud analytics.
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Hybrid cloud
Why this is correct
Hybrid cloud is the correct choice because it allows the financial services company to store sensitive regulated data on-premises, satisfying strict data residency requirements, while still leveraging public cloud resources for burst analytics and compute-intensive workloads. This architecture keeps the data within approved jurisdictions and uses the cloud only for processing, ensuring both compliance and scalability.
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Public cloud
Why it's wrong here
Public cloud is incorrect because it requires all data to reside in off-premises infrastructure controlled by a third-party provider, which directly violates data residency mandates that demand data remain within specific geographic or jurisdictional boundaries. Even with regional data centers or compliance certifications, the company loses direct control over physical data location, making it impossible to guarantee on-premises residency as required by regulations.
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Private cloud
Why it's wrong here
Private cloud is incorrect because, while it uses dedicated on-premises hardware that can meet residency rules, it does not incorporate any public cloud components, thus missing the elastic analytics and cost-management benefits. It is essentially a modernized data center without the ability to burst workloads to external resources, so the company would face fixed capacity limits and lose the analytical advantages of the cloud.
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Multi-cloud
Why it's wrong here
Multi-cloud is incorrect because it involves using multiple public cloud providers, but all data still resides in those providers' data centers, not on-premises. This approach can improve redundancy and avoid vendor lock-in, but it does not satisfy the requirement for data to remain physically within the company's own infrastructure or a specific approved jurisdiction, so it fails the residency compliance test.
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Hybrid cloud
A hybrid cloud is a computing environment that combines a private cloud (on-premises infrastructure) with one or more public cloud services, allowing data and applications to be shared between them.
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Public cloud
A public cloud is a computing model where third-party providers deliver IT resources like servers, storage, and applications over the internet to multiple customers on a pay-as-you-go basis.
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