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A healthcare provider is migrating its Electronic Health Records (EHR) system to Google Cloud. A critical requirement is to ensure that patient data remains within a specific geographical region to comply with data residency regulations, even when leveraging global Google Cloud services. Which Google Cloud capability ensures this data residency constraint is met?
- ACloud CDN
- BVPC Service Controls
- CData Regions and Zones
- DGlobal Load Balancing
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Correct answer: C. Data Regions and Zones
Google Cloud's global infrastructure is organized into regions and zones. By deploying resources and storing data within a specific region, the healthcare provider can ensure data residency compliance, as data will not leave that geographical boundary.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Cloud CDN caches content globally for faster delivery but doesn't control the primary storage location for sensitive data.
- B. VPC Service Controls help mitigate data exfiltration but don't define where data is physically stored.
- D. Global Load Balancing distributes traffic across multiple regions but doesn't guarantee data residency for storage.
Google Cloud Regions and Zones
Google Cloud infrastructure is globally distributed, organized into regions (independent geographic areas) and zones (isolated locations within a region).
- Regions provide geographic isolation and fault tolerance.
- Zones offer high availability within a region.
- Customers choose regions/zones for data residency and latency optimization.
Memory trick: Regions are like countries, Zones are like cities.