You administer an Azure environment that includes six Azure Resource Manager (ARM) virtual machines
(VMs) that support development. The development team uses Azure SQL databases and Azure Queues for application storage. All Azure resources are grouped within a single subscription and resource group.You need to reduce the recurring monthly Azure costs without degrading server performance. You must minimize the administrative effort involved.
What should you do?
A.
Remove the development team role from the resource group daily.
B.
Create an Azure Automation runbook that cycles the VMs daily.
C.
Update the development environment to use Azure Table storage.
D.
Create an Azure PowerShell script that updates the VM size to Standard_A0 daily.
Why C? Why not B?
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I don’t think C is right, it doesn’t make sense to change the storage for the dev team, I mean SQL is not Table Storage, it must be: B
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it is possible that your code can use entity framework which can apply for both SQL and table storage.
The Price: SQL Azure: $25.98/mo for 5GB
Storage table: $21.88/m for 175 GB (without transactions or bandwidth) So when you store large volumes of data, storage table is a lot cheaper… think of logging for example.
Answer should be C since the question is related to cost
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I do not agree; “You must minimize the administrative effort involved”. Changing the storage type would cost a lot of effort regarding changes for the development team.
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I think answer is B; create an Azure Automation runbook that turns off the VM’s in the evening and turns them on again in the morning (on weekdays).
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