CV0-002 · Question #243
A multinational corporation needs to migrate servers, which are supporting a national defense project, to a new datacenter. The data in Qis approximately 20GB in size. The engineer on the project is c
The correct answer is B. Legal restrictions. When migrating servers for a national defense project, legal restrictions are the most critical environmental constraint likely to rule out a datacenter in a different country, especially concerning data sovereignty and national security regulations.
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A multinational corporation needs to migrate servers, which are supporting a national defense project, to a new datacenter. The data in Qis approximately 20GB in size. The engineer on the project is considering datacenters in several countries as possible destinations. All sites in consideration are on a high-speed MPLS network (10Gb+ connections). Which of the following environmental constraints is MOST likely to rule out a possible site as an option?
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- ADowntime impact
- BLegal restrictions
- CPeak time frames
- DBandwidth
How the community answered
(43 responses)- A7% (3)
- B56% (24)
- C12% (5)
- D26% (11)
Why each option
When migrating servers for a national defense project, legal restrictions are the most critical environmental constraint likely to rule out a datacenter in a different country, especially concerning data sovereignty and national security regulations.
While downtime is always a concern, it's a project management challenge that can often be mitigated, whereas legal prohibitions are absolute roadblocks.
National defense projects involve highly sensitive data that is subject to strict legal and regulatory restrictions, including data residency, sovereignty, and export controls. Migrating such data across international borders to a new datacenter can violate these laws, making legal restrictions the primary concern and a likely reason to rule out a site.
Peak time frames might affect performance or migration windows but are operational considerations that can be managed, not fundamental blockers.
The question states that all sites are on a high-speed MPLS network (10Gb+ connections), making bandwidth an unlikely constraint for 20GB of data.
Concept tested: Data sovereignty and legal compliance for sensitive data
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/compliance/regulatory/data-residency-data-sovereignty
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