DP-203 Practice Question: Secure, monitor, and optimize data storage and data processing
Which THREE measures should you implement to monitor and optimize the performance of Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2?
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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Enable Storage Insights to monitor capacity and transactions.
Azure Storage Insights provides pre-built dashboards to monitor storage account metrics like capacity, transactions, and latency, aiding performance monitoring. Option D is correct: Azure Storage Analytics logs (now part of Azure Monitor) capture latency and request rate data, helping analyze performance. Option E is correct: Enabling diagnostic settings in Azure Monitor captures read and write request details, useful for troubleshooting performance issues. Option A is incorrect: Network Security Group flow logs monitor network traffic for security purposes, not storage performance. Option C is incorrect: Lifecycle management policies optimize costs by tiering data, not for performance monitoring.
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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Enable Network Security Group flow logs for the storage account subnet.
Why it's wrong here
NSG flow logs are for network traffic analysis, not storage performance.
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Enable Storage Insights to monitor capacity and transactions.
Why this is correct
Storage Insights provides performance metrics.
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Configure lifecycle management policies to move cold data to archive tier.
Why it's wrong here
Lifecycle management optimizes cost, not performance monitoring.
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Use Azure Storage Analytics logs to analyze latency and request rate.
Why this is correct
Storage Analytics provides performance data.
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Enable Azure Monitor diagnostic settings to capture read and write requests.
Why this is correct
Diagnostic logs help analyze request patterns.
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