Which statement best summarises how the Instana deployment architecture should be chosen?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Pick SaaS or self-hosted before rollout by weighing scale, retention, security/residency, and network reachability from every monitored environment. If you wait, you'll reconfigure agents and may strand data.
Full Explanation
Deciding between SaaS and self-hosted before rollout is correct because expected scale, retention needs, security and residency obligations, and network reachability from every monitored environment determine which model is viable. Deciding first avoids reconfiguring the estate and stranded data later. Starting with agents and choosing the backend model once telemetry volume is known is wrong because agents are configured for a specific backend, so this ordering guarantees rework. Choosing SaaS by default and moving to self-hosted only if storage becomes expensive is wrong because cost is only one input, and residency or isolation requirements can make SaaS unusable regardless of price. Basing the choice on a pilot host's measured resource consumption is wrong because a single pilot host does not represent production telemetry volume. For the exam, name the four drivers and why the decision comes first.