Google PCA Practice Question: Analysing and Optimising Technical and Business Processes
A company wants to migrate 200 TB of on-premises file shares to Cloud Storage. The network is slow (50 Mbps) and the project is time-sensitive. Which THREE services should they use? (Choose 3)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Transfer Appliance
Transfer Appliance is for large data shipping. Storage Transfer Service can transfer from another cloud or on-prem (if intermediate). Migrate for Compute Engine is for VMs only. Database Migration Service is for databases. gsutil is for direct upload but slow.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Transfer Appliance
Why this is correct
Physical device shipped to Google to upload data.
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gsutil
Why this is correct
gsutil can be used to upload data, but over slow network it's slow; combined with Transfer Appliance for bulk.
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Database Migration Service
Why it's wrong here
For database migrations.
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Migrate for Compute Engine
Why it's wrong here
For VM migration, not file data.
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Storage Transfer Service
Why this is correct
Can be used after data is on-prem or in another cloud; not directly from on-prem over slow network.
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Introduction to Google Cloud Platform
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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Service
A service is a software component or system that performs a specific function and is available to be used by other programs or users over a network.
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