Compute and Container Services Flashcards
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A team wants to run stateless containerized workloads on GCP without managing any infrastructure or Kubernetes clusters. Which service is best?
Answer: Cloud Run
Cloud Run is a fully managed serverless platform for stateless containers that abstracts all infrastructure management.
What is the key difference between GKE Standard and GKE Autopilot?
Answer: Autopilot manages node provisioning and scaling automatically; Standard requires manual node management
GKE Autopilot fully manages node infrastructure including provisioning and scaling, while GKE Standard gives you direct control over nodes.
Which Compute Engine feature allows you to automatically add or remove VM instances based on load?
Answer: Managed Instance Groups with Autoscaling
Managed Instance Groups (MIGs) with autoscaling automatically adjust the number of VM instances based on CPU utilization, load balancing metrics, or custom signals.
A company wants to run a batch data processing job on GCP that needs to start quickly and complete within a few hours at lowest cost. Which VM option is most appropriate?
Answer: Preemptible VMs (Spot VMs)
Preemptible (Spot) VMs offer significant discounts (up to 91%) for short-lived workloads that can tolerate interruption, ideal for batch processing.
Which GKE feature automatically adjusts pod CPU and memory requests based on historical usage?
Answer: Vertical Pod Autoscaler
Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) recommends and optionally applies CPU and memory request adjustments based on actual pod usage history.
What is the purpose of a GCE Instance Template?
Answer: Define a reusable VM configuration for Managed Instance Groups
Instance templates define the machine type, boot disk image, network settings, and labels used to create VMs in a Managed Instance Group.
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