Google Exam Professional Cloud Database Engineer Topic 10 Question 61 Discussion

Actual exam question for Google's Professional Cloud Database Engineer exam

Question #: 61
Topic #: 10

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You need to migrate existing databases from Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Standard Edition on a single Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Edition to a single Cloud SQL for SQL Server instance. During the discovery phase of your project, you notice that your on-premises server peaks at around 25,000 read IOPS. You need to ensure that your Cloud SQL instance is sized appropriately to maximize read performance. What should you do?

ACreate a SQL Server 2019 Standard on Standard machine type with 4 vCPUs, 15 GB of RAM, and 800 GB of solid-state drive (SSD).

BCreate a SQL Server 2019 Standard on High Memory machine type with at least 16 vCPUs, 104 GB of RAM, and 200 GB of SSD.

CCreate a SQL Server 2019 Standard on High Memory machine type with 16 vCPUs, 104 GB of RAM, and 4 TB of SSD.

DCreate a SQL Server 2019 Enterprise on High Memory machine type with 16 vCPUs, 104 GB of RAM, and 500 GB of SSD.

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Suggested Answer: C

Given that Google SSD performance is related to the size of the disk in an order of 30 IOPS for each GB, ti would require at least 833 GB to handle 25000 IOPS, the only answer that exceeds this value is C. https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/performance

by Lashawn at Aug 12, 2025, 07:50 AM

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