Designing and Implementing Azure for AWS Professionals — Question 13

A company deploys a new file sharing application on four Standard_D2_v3 virtual machines (VMs) behind an Azure Load Balancer. The company implements Azure Firewall.

Users report that the application is slow during peak usage periods. An engineer reports that the peak usage for each VM is approximately 1 Gbps.

You need to implement a solution that supports a minimum of 10 Gbps.

What should you do to increase the throughput?

Answer options

• A. Disable the Azure Firewall and implement network security groups in its place.
• B. Move two of the servers behind a separate load balancer and configure round robin routing in Traffic Manager.
• C. Increase the size of the VM instance.
• D. Request an increase in networking quotas.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Increasing the size of the VM instance (option C) is the correct approach because larger VM sizes can support greater throughput, which is necessary to meet the 10 Gbps requirement. Disabling the Azure Firewall (option A) may expose the application to security risks without necessarily improving performance. Moving servers to a separate load balancer (option B) and adjusting routing may complicate the setup without guaranteeing increased throughput. Requesting an increase in networking quotas (option D) might not effectively address the application's performance needs.