Which two factors affect your costs when sizing the Azure SQL Database elastic pools?

A company has a SaaS solution that uses Azure SQL Database with elastic pools. The solution will have a dedicated database for each customer organization. Customer organizations have peak usage at different periods during the year.

Which two factors affect your costs when sizing the Azure SQL Database elastic pools? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
A . maximum data size
B . number of databases
C . eDTUs consumption
D . number of read operations
E . number of transactions

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Answer: A,C

Explanation:

A: With the vCore purchase model, in the General Purpose tier, you are charged for Premium blob storage that you provision for your database or elastic pool. Storage can be configured between 5 GB and 4 TB with 1 GB increments. Storage is priced at GB/month.

C: In the DTU purchase model, elastic pools are available in basic, standard and premium service tiers. Each tier is distinguished primarily by its overall performance, which is measured in elastic Database Transaction Units (eDTUs).

References: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/details/sql-database/elastic/