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CLOUD-DIGITAL-LEADER · Question #173

Your Coustomer's Organization has decided to move to the cloud. They currently run VMs on- promise but their goal on Google cloud is to run containers, primarily on Google Kuber-nete's Engine. They…

The correct answer is B. Improve and Move. 'Improve and Move' (also known as 'Improve and Migrate') is the right strategy here. The organization has already paid for its data center lease for another year, so abandoning it immediately would waste that investment. The Improve and Move strategy allows them to gradually…

Cloud Migration Strategies

Question

Your Coustomer's Organization has decided to move to the cloud. They currently run VMs on- promise but their goal on Google cloud is to run containers, primarily on Google Kuber-nete's Engine. They have a lease for their private data center for another year that they have already paid for. What could be strategy they could adopt in migrating?

Options

  • AJump and Ramp.
  • BImprove and Move.
  • CRip and Replace.
  • DLeft and Shift.

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    13% (6)
  • B
    79% (37)
  • C
    6% (3)
  • D
    2% (1)

Explanation

'Improve and Move' (also known as 'Improve and Migrate') is the right strategy here. The organization has already paid for its data center lease for another year, so abandoning it immediately would waste that investment. The Improve and Move strategy allows them to gradually modernize and containerize workloads while still running on-premises, then systematically move them to GKE on Google Cloud over the lease period. 'Lift and Shift' (Option D, misspelled as 'Left and Shift') would move VMs as-is without containerizing. 'Rip and Replace' (Option C) is costly and disruptive. 'Jump and Ramp' (Option A) is not a standard migration strategy.

Topics

#Cloud Migration Strategy#Application Modernization#Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)#Cloud Adoption

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