Master the technical word combinations used in cloud architecture reviews and infrastructure discussions in English. These collocations appear in AWS/GCP/Azure design docs, Well-Architected Reviews, and cloud strategy presentations.
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The solutions architect recommended that we ___ the workload across multiple availability zones to improve resilience.
We 'distribute a workload' in cloud architecture. 'Distribute' is the technical verb for spreading processing across multiple nodes, zones, or regions: distribute workload, distribute traffic, distribute load. 'Spread the workload' is also natural. 'Split' and 'divide' imply equal halves, which is less precise for dynamic distribution.
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To reduce costs, the team proposed ___ underutilised instances during off-peak hours.
We 'scale down instances' in cloud cost optimisation. 'Scale down' means to reduce the size or number of resources in response to demand. 'Shut down' and 'terminate' imply full deletion (which may cause data loss). 'Stop instances' is also used in AWS, but 'scale down' is the correct architectural term for the described scenario.
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The review flagged that the current VPC design did not ___ the principle of least privilege for network access.
We 'enforce the principle of least privilege' in security and architecture. 'Enforce' means to actively ensure a policy is applied: enforce access controls, enforce security policies. 'Follow' implies passive adherence. 'Implement' is also correct when referring to the initial setup of the principle.
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We should ___ auto-scaling policies on the API gateway to handle traffic spikes without over-provisioning.
We 'configure auto-scaling policies' in cloud engineering. 'Configure' is the technical verb for setting up system behaviours and parameters: configure policies, configure rules, configure thresholds. 'Set up' and 'implement' are also natural. 'Enable auto-scaling' means simply turning it on, not defining the policies.
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The architecture review board uses the AWS Well-Architected Framework to ___ designs against best practices.
We 'assess designs against best practices' in architecture review. 'Assess' means to evaluate the quality of something against a defined standard. 'Assess against' is the standard collocation when using a framework as a benchmark. 'Evaluate designs' is also correct. 'Benchmark' usually refers to performance measurement.