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Introduction to Big Data · End Term · 13 Apr 2025 · January 2025 term · Set 1-2

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Consider an application that can scale from handling 1000 users to handling 100 million users by simply making copies of itself, has automation to detect task failures so that it can boot up a new task automatically, and logs operational metadata on a central logger backed by Kafka. Which of the following statements is true?

  1. A

    This application has adopted cloud-native design

  2. B

    This application cannot be called as cloud-native since it is not observable at alltimes

  3. C

    This application cannot be called as cloud-native since it is not manageableeasily

  4. D

    This application cannot be called as cloud-native since it is not resilient

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  • A

    This application has adopted cloud-native design

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Question 4 of 20 in the IIT Madras BS Introduction to Big Data (Intro to Big Data) End Term paper sat on 13 Apr 2025, in the January 2025 term (IIT M IMPROVEMENT FN EXAM QIM2 13 Apr). It carries 2 marks.

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