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A large enterprise with strict security and compliance requirements is migrating its sensitive financial applications to Google Cloud. They need to establish a secure, private connection between their on-premises data centers and Google Cloud, ensuring high bandwidth and low latency, without exposing traffic to the public internet. Which Google Cloud networking solution is specifically designed for this purpose?
- AVPC Network Peering
- BCloud VPN
- CCloud Load Balancing
- DCloud Interconnect
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Correct answer: D. Cloud Interconnect
Cloud Interconnect provides a direct physical connection between an on-premises network and Google Cloud, ensuring high bandwidth, low latency, and private connectivity that bypasses the public internet, which is critical for sensitive financial applications with strict compliance needs.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. VPC Network Peering connects two VPC networks within Google Cloud, not an on-premises network to Google Cloud.
- B. Cloud VPN provides secure tunnels over the public internet, which may not meet the 'private connectivity without exposing traffic to the public internet' requirement.
- C. Cloud Load Balancing distributes traffic to applications, not for establishing private network connectivity to on-premises data centers.
Cloud Interconnect
A Google Cloud networking service that provides high-bandwidth, low-latency connections between an on-premises network and Google Cloud's network.
- Offers dedicated private connectivity, bypassing the public internet.
- Available as Dedicated Interconnect (physical) or Partner Interconnect (via service providers).
- Ideal for hybrid cloud deployments with strict security and performance needs.
Memory trick: Interconnect is a private bridge to the cloud.