A large finance firm processes three times as many transactions in December of each year. The transactions are processed in a private cloud. Management wants to avoid adding permanent resources to accommodate the single month increase. Which of the following is the BEST way to meet the need?
A) Migrate all transaction processing to a public cloud and size capacity for the largest seasonal needs.
B) Keep current capacity for processing, but implement cloud bursting to auto scale the resources without having to invest in infrastructure.
C) Determine usage patterns over time and virtualize the processing traffic to give room for seasonal changes in resource demand.
D) Determine usage patterns for the seasonal capacity needs and add physical resources to allow additional processing.

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Cloud bursting allows the firm to temporarily use additional resources from a public cloud during peak times, like December, without permanently increasing infrastructure.

A Large Finance Firm Processes Three Times as Many Transactions