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Your company has many legacy third-party applications that rely on a shared NFS server for file sharing between these workloads. You want to modernize the NFS server by using a Google Cloud managed se

The correct answer is B. Deploy a Filestore instance. Replace all NFS mounts with a Filestore mount.. Deploying a Filestore instance and replacing all NFS mounts with a Filestore mount is the solution that requires the least amount of change to the legacy applications. Filestore is a fully managed NFS file server that integrates easily with applications using NFS, so you can mode

Submitted by ravi_2018· Mar 30, 2026Planning and configuring a cloud solution

Question

Your company has many legacy third-party applications that rely on a shared NFS server for file sharing between these workloads. You want to modernize the NFS server by using a Google Cloud managed service. You need to select the solution that requires the least amount of change to the application. What should you do?

Options

  • AConfigure Firestore. Configure all applications to use Firestore instead of the NFS server.
  • BDeploy a Filestore instance. Replace all NFS mounts with a Filestore mount.
  • CCreate a Cloud Storage bucket. Configure all applications to use Cloud Storage client libraries
  • DCreate a Compute Engine instance and configure an NFS server on the instance. Point all NFS

How the community answered

(41 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    85% (35)
  • C
    5% (2)
  • D
    7% (3)

Explanation

Deploying a Filestore instance and replacing all NFS mounts with a Filestore mount is the solution that requires the least amount of change to the legacy applications. Filestore is a fully managed NFS file server that integrates easily with applications using NFS, so you can modernize the file-sharing system without significant changes to the existing applications.

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#Filestore#NFS replacement#managed storage#lift and shift

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