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Your company maintains an on-premises data center for daily production activities but wants to use a cloud service to augment this capability during times of increased demand (cloud bursting). Which…

The correct answer is D. Hybrid. The scenario described, combining on-premises infrastructure with cloud services for bursting, perfectly exemplifies a hybrid cloud deployment model.

Submitted by femi9· Apr 18, 2026Cloud Concepts, Architecture and Design

Question

Your company maintains an on-premises data center for daily production activities but wants to use a cloud service to augment this capability during times of increased demand (cloud bursting). Which deployment model would probably best suit the company's needs? Response:

Options

  • APublic
  • BPrivate
  • CCommunity
  • DHybrid

How the community answered

(41 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    7% (3)
  • D
    88% (36)

Why each option

The scenario described, combining on-premises infrastructure with cloud services for bursting, perfectly exemplifies a hybrid cloud deployment model.

APublic

A public cloud solely relies on services offered by third-party providers over the internet, which does not encompass the company's existing on-premises data center.

BPrivate

A private cloud is dedicated infrastructure used exclusively by a single organization, either on-premises or hosted by a third party, and does not involve augmenting with external cloud services.

CCommunity

A community cloud is shared by several organizations with common concerns, which does not fit the scenario of a single company augmenting its own on-premises infrastructure.

DHybridCorrect

A hybrid cloud deployment model integrates on-premises infrastructure (private cloud) with public cloud services, allowing organizations to maintain sensitive data or core operations locally while leveraging the public cloud for scaling resources during peak demands, known as cloud bursting. This setup offers flexibility and optimized resource utilization by extending capabilities beyond the local data center.

Concept tested: Cloud Deployment Models (Hybrid Cloud)

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/considerations/hybrid-and-multicloud

Topics

#Cloud Deployment Models#Hybrid Cloud#Cloud Bursting#Cloud Architecture

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