Google Cloud Professional Cloud Database Engineer PCDBE — Topic 1 Question 115

Question

You are choosing a new database backend for an existing application. The current database is running PostgreSQL on an on-premises VM and is managed by a database administrator and operations team. The application data is relational and has light traffic. You want to minimize costs and the migration effort for this application. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: B. The correct answer is B. Option B: Migrate the existing database to Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL. Cloud SQL is a managed relational database (MySQL/PostgreSQL/SQL Server) that handles patching, backups, and failover. This option delivers the requirement at the lowest cost.

Google Cloud Professional Cloud Database Engineer PCDBE — Question 115