Your company runs one batch process in an on-premises server that takes around 30 hours to complete. The task runs monthly, can be performed offline, and must be restarted if interrupted. You want…

The correct answer is C. Migrate the workload to a Compute Engine VM. Install the workload in a compute engine VM, start and stop the instance as needed, because as per the question the VM runs for 30 hours, process can be performed offline and should not be interrupted, if interrupted we need to restart the batch process again. Preemptible VMs…

Submitted by noor.lb· Mar 30, 2026Planning and configuring a cloud solution

Question

Your company runs one batch process in an on-premises server that takes around 30 hours to complete. The task runs monthly, can be performed offline, and must be restarted if interrupted. You want to migrate this workload to the cloud while minimizing cost. What should you do?

Options

AMigrate the workload to a Compute Engine Preemptible VM.
BMigrate the workload to a Google Kubernetes Engine cluster with Preemptible nodes.
CMigrate the workload to a Compute Engine VM.
DCreate an Instance Template with Preemptible VMs On.

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Explanation

Install the workload in a compute engine VM, start and stop the instance as needed, because as per the question the VM runs for 30 hours, process can be performed offline and should not be interrupted, if interrupted we need to restart the batch process again. Preemptible VMs are cheaper, but they will not be available beyond 24hrs, and if the process gets interrupted the preemptible VM will restart.

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#Compute Engine#preemptible VMs#workload migration#cost optimization

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