Google Exam Professional Cloud Database Engineer Topic 4 Question 29 Discussion

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

Question #: 29
Topic #: 4

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Your team is running a Cloud SQL for MySQL instance with a 5 TB database that must be available 24/7. You need to save database backups on object storage with minimal operational overhead or risk to your production workloads. What should you do?

AUse Cloud SQL serverless exports.

BCreate a read replica, and then use the mysqldump utility to export each table.

CClone the Cloud SQL instance, and then use the mysqldump utlity to export the data.

DUse the mysqldump utility on the primary database instance to export the backup.

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Suggested Answer: C

by Kristel at Apr 10, 2024, 03:20 PM

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Haydee

B) Creating a read replica and using mysqldump sounds like a good plan. Keeps the production workload safe.

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Paul

2 days ago

That's a good point, but I still think serverless exports are more efficient in this scenario.

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Ora

6 days ago

I disagree, I believe option C is better because cloning the instance ensures data consistency.

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Erin

8 days ago

A) Cloud SQL serverless exports seem like the easiest option. Minimal operational overhead is exactly what I need!

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Paul

10 days ago

I think option A is the best choice for minimal operational overhead.

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