CCSP Cloud Service Category: Available Storage Types and Responsibilities

Cloud Service Category Storage Types

Question

With a cloud service category where the cloud customer is responsible for deploying all services, systems, and components needed for their applications, which of the following storage types are MOST likely to be available to them?

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A. B. C. D.

B.

The question is describing the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud offering, and as such, the volume and object storage types will be available to the customer.

Structured and unstructured are storage types associated with PaaS, and although the other answers present similar-sounding storage types, they are a mix of real and fake names.

The cloud service category being referred to in this question is likely Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), where the cloud provider offers virtualized computing resources (such as servers, storage, and networking) over the internet. In this type of service, the cloud customer is responsible for deploying and managing their own applications, as well as the services, systems, and components needed to support them.

In terms of storage types that are likely to be available to customers in this scenario, the answer is likely to be either B. Volume and object or C. Volume and database.

Volume storage provides block-level storage that can be used to store and manage data for applications. This type of storage is often used for databases or file systems, and allows customers to manage their data and applications in a more granular way.

Object storage, on the other hand, provides a way to store large amounts of unstructured data, such as media files or backups. Object storage is typically accessed through APIs and can be scaled up or down based on the needs of the application.

Database storage is another type of storage that is likely to be available to customers in an IaaS scenario. This type of storage is specifically designed for storing structured data, and allows for fast and efficient querying and retrieval of information.

Given these options, the most likely answer is C. Volume and database, as this would allow customers to store and manage structured data (through the use of databases) as well as manage large amounts of unstructured data (through the use of volume storage). However, it's worth noting that object storage (option B) is also a possibility, particularly if the customer needs to store large amounts of unstructured data.