Having a reservation in a cloud environment can ensure operations continue in the event of high utilization across the cloud. Which of the following would NOT be a capability covered by reservations?

The correct answer is D. Auto-scaling. A reservation will not guarantee auto-scaling is available because it involves the allocation of additional resources beyond what a cloud customer already has provisioned. Reservations will guarantee minimal resources are available to start virtual machines, run applications…

Submitted by luis.pe· Apr 18, 2026Cloud Concepts, Architecture and Design

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APerforming business operations
BStarting virtual machines
CRunning applications
DAuto-scaling

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Explanation

A reservation will not guarantee auto-scaling is available because it involves the allocation of additional resources beyond what a cloud customer already has provisioned. Reservations will guarantee minimal resources are available to start virtual machines, run applications, and perform normal business operations.

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#Cloud Reservations#Auto-scaling#Cloud Resource Management#Cloud Elasticity

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