Nutanix Certified Professional – Multicloud Automation (NCP-MCA) — Question 46

An Application team has provided an administrator the following high level requirements for infrastructure they require:
5 Application VMs
2 Database VMs
2 Web VMs
Which two pieces of information are needed, at a minimum, to effectively automate the scaling of the environment? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. SLA uptime of the application
• B. Steady state resource utilization
• C. Expected resource utilization under load
• D. If the application needs to be highly available

Correct answer: A, C

Explanation

The SLA uptime of the application is crucial to ensure that it meets the availability expectations, while understanding the expected resource utilization under load is important for planning capacity effectively. The other options, while relevant, do not directly impact the automation of scaling as significantly as these two.