* Understanding the Requirements:
* Business Groups: The solution must support two business groups, which typically require separate VPCs for logical separation.
* High Availability (HA): Requires deploying resources across multiple availability zones.
* Dedicated Load Balancer (DLB): Traffic should be routed via DLBs, which operate within VPCs on CloudHub.
* Separate Environments: There needs to be separation between production and non-production environments.
* Evaluating the Options:
* Option A: Using a single production and non-production VPC and differentiating business groups via availability zones is not ideal as it does not provide full separation for each business group, and using maximum CIDR allocation is wasteful.
* Option B (Correct Answer): Creating separate production and non-production VPCs per business group with minimized CIDR blocks, multiple availability zones, and multiple workers per application for HA meets all requirements effectively.
* Option C: While this option separates VPCs per business group, it does not fully address the requirement for HA across availability zones by specifying multi-zone deployment only during API deployment, which may not guarantee redundancy.
* Option D: Configuring subnets to differentiate business groups within a single production and non-production VPC does not fully separate the business groups, which is a requirement.
* Conclusion:
* Option B is the best choice as it meets the requirements for high availability, business group separation, and cost efficiency by using minimized CIDR allocations and deploying multiple workers across availability zones.
For further reference, refer to MuleSoft's documentation on VPC configuration and high availability deployment strategies.