Google PCA Practice Question: Analysing and Optimising Technical and Business Processes
A company is migrating 100 TB of on-premises file shares to Cloud Storage. The network bandwidth is limited to 100 Mbps and the migration must complete within 2 weeks. Which TWO services should they consider? (Choose 2)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Transfer Appliance
Transfer Appliance is ideal for large data volumes with limited bandwidth as it physically ships the data. Storage Transfer Service can handle the final synchronization from a temporary staging location. Migrate for Compute Engine is for VM migration, not file data.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Migrate for Compute Engine
Why it's wrong here
For VM migration, not file storage.
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Transfer Appliance
Why this is correct
Offline transfer of large data sets when bandwidth is insufficient.
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BigQuery Data Transfer Service
Why it's wrong here
For loading data into BigQuery, not Cloud Storage.
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Storage Transfer Service
Why this is correct
Can be used to transfer data from a staging location after initial offline transfer.
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gsutil cp command with parallel processing
Why it's wrong here
Bandwidth bottleneck makes online transfer infeasible within 2 weeks.
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Introduction to Google Cloud Platform
Key term
Cloud storage
Cloud storage is a service that lets you save data on remote servers accessed over the internet instead of on your computer's hard drive.
Key term
Data
Data is raw, unprocessed information, like numbers, words, or measurements, that can be stored, processed, and analyzed by computers.
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