CV0-003 · Question #795
An enterprise is considering a cost model for a DBaaS. Which of the following is BEST for a cloud solution?
The correct answer is A. Per gigabyte. Cloud DBaaS offerings are billed based on storage consumed (per gigabyte), which aligns with the cloud pay-for-what-you-use model rather than seat or device-based licensing.
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An enterprise is considering a cost model for a DBaaS. Which of the following is BEST for a cloud solution?
Options
- APer gigabyte
- BPer seat
- CPer user
- DPer device
How the community answered
(23 responses)- A91% (21)
- B4% (1)
- C4% (1)
Why each option
Cloud DBaaS offerings are billed based on storage consumed (per gigabyte), which aligns with the cloud pay-for-what-you-use model rather than seat or device-based licensing.
Cloud database services such as Azure SQL Database and Amazon RDS price storage consumption in gigabytes, allowing costs to scale elastically with actual data volume. This model is cloud-native because it decouples cost from headcount or devices and instead charges for infrastructure resources actually consumed.
Per-seat licensing is a traditional on-premises software model tied to the number of installed software copies, not applicable to cloud resource consumption.
Per-user pricing is common for SaaS applications but is not how cloud database infrastructure is typically metered, since databases serve data irrespective of how many users access them.
Per-device licensing is a legacy endpoint software model and has no relevance to cloud-hosted database services.
Concept tested: DBaaS cloud cost and pricing models
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/purchasing-models
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