Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer ACE — Topic 1 Question 150

Question

You have a batch workload that runs every night and uses a large number of virtual machines (VMs). It is fault-tolerant and can tolerate some of the VMs being terminated. The current cost of VMs is too high. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: A. The correct answer is A. Option A: Run a test using simulated maintenance events. If the test is successful, use preemptible N1 Standard VMs when running future jobs. Preemptible/Spot VMs use spare capacity at a large discount for fault-tolerant, interruptible work. By spanning multiple Availability Zones / adding redundancy, this option provides the high availability and resilience required.

Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer ACE — Question 150