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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

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

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

  • Migrate for Compute Engine

    Why it's wrong here

    For VM migration, not file storage.

  • Transfer Appliance

    Why this is correct

    Offline transfer of large data sets when bandwidth is insufficient.

  • BigQuery Data Transfer Service

    Why it's wrong here

    For loading data into BigQuery, not Cloud Storage.

  • Storage Transfer Service

    Why this is correct

    Can be used to transfer data from a staging location after initial offline transfer.

  • gsutil cp command with parallel processing

    Why it's wrong here

    Bandwidth bottleneck makes online transfer infeasible within 2 weeks.

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