Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert AZ-305 Practice Question

Azure SQL Database Hyperscale separates compute and storage, so adding or removing compute replicas completes in seconds without downtime. Hyperscale also supports rapid storage growth up to 100 TB per database, far exceeding the 50 TB projection. Managed Instance Business Critical is limited to 16 TB and scaling compute takes minutes. SQL Server on VMs gives full control but requires significant administrative effort and scaling involves VM resizing or scale sets, both disruptive and slower. General Purpose serverless auto-scales vCores but is capped at 4 TB of storage and resuming from auto-pause can introduce latency, so it cannot meet the 50 TB requirement or the instant scale expectations.