Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer ACE — Topic 1 Question 44

Question

You need to select and configure compute resources for a set of batch processing jobs. These jobs take around 2 hours to complete and are run nightly. You want to minimize service costs. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: C. The correct answer is C. Option C: Select Compute Engine. Use preemptible VM instances of the appropriate standard machine type. Preemptible/Spot VMs use spare capacity at a large discount for fault-tolerant, interruptible work. Compute Engine provides configurable virtual machines when you need full control of the OS.

Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer ACE — Question 44