Question
A small online retailer is looking for a solution to handle the high load on its servers during the holiday season. The retailer is not currently ready to move its IT operations completely to the cloud.
Which of the following will BEST fit these requirements?
- A. Elasticity
- B. Scalability
- C. Bursting Correct
- D. Self-service
Explanation
Cloud bursting keeps the workload on premises and sends only the overflow to a public cloud when demand spikes, so the retailer handles the holiday peak without moving its IT operations to the cloud. Elasticity and scalability describe how cloud resources grow and shrink, but they assume the workload already runs in the cloud. Self-service is the ability to provision resources without provider interaction and does not address seasonal load by itself.
