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6Rs Flashcards

1
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Which cloud migration strategy is best for an unused app?

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Retire

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Which strategy is known as “drop and shop”?

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Retire

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3
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Which strategy is to “leave as is” or consider it later?

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Retain

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Which cloud migration strategy should you choose for when either security or compliance precludes moving to the cloud?

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Retain

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5
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Which strategy is called “lift and shift?

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Rehost

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6
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Which cloud strategy involves moving the app and database to cloud VMs as-is, with no code changes.

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Rehost

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7
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Which strategy is called “Lift, Tinker, and Shift”?

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Replatform

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8
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Which cloud strategy involves moving the app to the cloud, and switching to a managed database service with some minor tweaks?

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Replatform

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Which cloud migration strategy is best for when you are authorized ot modify app code for cloud efficiency, and have the desire to adopt cloud-native services, but with the same overall functionality?

A

Refactor

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10
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Which strategy involves re-architecting the app with cloud-native services?

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Refactor

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Which strategy should you chose for when you have an on-prem COTS application, and you find a SaaS version available?

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Repurchase

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12
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Which strategy should you choose for migrating an on-prem COTS app when no SaaS option exists?

A

Rehost

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13
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Which cloud migration strategy should you use for a bespoke app that isn’t meeting business needs?

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Refactor

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14
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Which migration strategy should be used for a bespoke app, that is meeting business needs, and could be containerized?

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Replatform

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Bespoke app, meeting business needs, cant be containerized, but could be lift-and-shifted

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Rehost

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16
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Which cloud migration strategy should you choose for a bespoke app that is meeting business needs, but sadly can’t be containerized, and also can’t be lift-and-shifted?

17
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Migrate to cloud with no changes

18
Q

Migrate to cloud with minimal changes

A

Replatform

19
Q

Move to a completely different product / licensing model

A

Repurchase

20
Q

Modify app to use cloud-native architecture

21
Q

Migrate from a self-hosted app to a “marketplace” version of the same app. Move any self-hosted databases to managed services.

A

Replatform

22
Q

Migrate from a self-hosted app to a SaaS tool.

A

Repurchase

23
Q

Change a monolithic app into 12-factor microservices, run in containers or serverless.

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