Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)Describe cloud conceptsMedium
A financial institution is implementing a new compliance system that requires its data to reside exclusively within its own data centers, but they also want to leverage cloud services for non-sensitive data processing and development workloads. Which cloud deployment model best fits these requirements?
- APrivate cloud
- BHybrid cloud
- CCommunity cloud
- DPublic cloud
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Correct answer: B. Hybrid cloud
A hybrid cloud combines a private cloud (for sensitive data in their own data centers) with a public cloud (for non-sensitive processing), allowing data and applications to move between them. This perfectly matches the financial institution's dual requirement.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Private cloud would keep all data on-premises but wouldn't leverage public cloud services for other workloads.
- C. Community cloud shares infrastructure between several organizations, which doesn't fit the private data center requirement.
- D. Public cloud would not meet the requirement for data to reside exclusively within their own data centers.
Hybrid Cloud
A cloud deployment model that combines two or more distinct cloud infrastructures (private, public, or community) that remain unique entities but are bound together by standardized or proprietary technology that enables data and application portability.
- Mixes private and public cloud environments
- Allows data and applications to move between clouds
- Offers flexibility for different workload types
Memory trick: HYBRID is the 'best of both' worlds: your secure vault AND the open sky.