Correct Answer: Read-only caching
For database data files on Premium Storage, 'Read-only' caching is highly recommended to significantly improve read performance. 'None' is required for log files because they requi...
Correct Answer
Read-only caching
Why This Answer Is Correct
For database data files on Premium Storage, 'Read-only' caching is highly recommended to significantly improve read performance. 'None' is required for log files because they require strict sequential write performance without caching interference.
This question evaluates your knowledge of Azure Virtual Machines — a core concept tested in Microsoft Certified: Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty (AZ-120). Understanding Azure Virtual Machines is essential for designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures. Mastery of this topic will help you answer scenario-based questions confidently on exam day.
Your company is migrating an SAP workload to Azure. You need to deploy an SAP HANA database that requires 12 TB of memory. Which Azure compute option provides this massive memory capacity and is SAP HANA certified?
You want to deploy an SAP NetWeaver landscape. You need to ensure that the SAP application servers and the database servers are placed physically close together within the same Azure datacenter to guarantee minimal network latency. Which Azure feature should you use?
You are migrating an SAP workload and need to connect your on-premises data center to Azure securely with dedicated, predictable bandwidth. Which networking solution is recommended by SAP for production workloads?
You are deploying SAP HANA on Azure Virtual Machines. To maximize storage throughput and IOPS for the /hana/data volumes, what Azure Storage feature should you enable?
When deploying SAP HANA in a scale-up architecture using Azure VMs, what is the recommended minimum disk configuration caching setting for the /hana/log volume?