The database administration team has asked you to help them improve the performance of their new database server running on Google Compute Engine. The database is for importing and normalizing their performance statistics and is built with MySQL running on Debian Linux. They have an n1-standard-8 virtual machine with 80 GB of SSD persistent disk. What should they change to get better performance from this system?
A) Increase the virtual machine's memory to 64 GB
B) Create a new virtual machine running PostgreSQL
C) Dynamically resize the SSD persistent disk to 500 GB
D) Migrate their performance metrics warehouse to BigQuery
E) Modify all of their batch jobs to use bulk inserts into the database

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Increasing the SSD persistent disk size to 500 GB can improve performance because larger SSDs often have better IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second) and throughput, which can enhance database performance.

The Database Administration Team Has Asked You to Help Them