Vault Enterprise Scaling Vault For Performance Practice Question
You are observing high latency for read requests on a Performance Secondary cluster. You verify that the replication lag is near zero. What is the most likely cause for the read latency?
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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The secondary node has too few resources allocated to handle the read request rate.
If there is no replication lag, the latency might be caused by the secondary node being overwhelmed, or issues with the request forwarding configuration.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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The secondary node is not configured as a performance standby.
Why it's wrong here
Performance secondaries are inherently performance-capable nodes.
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The primary node is unavailable.
Why it's wrong here
If the primary is unavailable, the secondary would not be receiving updates, increasing lag.
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The secondary node has too few resources allocated to handle the read request rate.
Why this is correct
If the node is under-provisioned, read latency will increase even if replication is healthy.
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The secondary node is missing the required policies.
Why it's wrong here
This would result in 403 errors, not necessarily high latency.
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