CCSP Cloud Concepts, Architecture, and Design Practice Question
An organization is migrating a legacy application to the cloud and wants to minimize vendor lock-in. They plan to use containers orchestrated by Kubernetes. Which design principle is the organization primarily applying?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Portability
Portability focuses on avoiding vendor lock-in by using open standards and technologies like Kubernetes and Docker that can run across different cloud providers.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Elasticity
Why it's wrong here
Elasticity relates to scaling resources, not avoiding lock-in.
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Multitenancy isolation
Why it's wrong here
Multitenancy isolation separates customers, not directly related to vendor lock-in.
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Reversibility
Why it's wrong here
Reversibility is about the ability to migrate away, but portability is the proactive design to enable that.
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Portability
Why this is correct
Using open standards like Kubernetes and containers enhances workload portability across clouds.
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