Your existing application running in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) consists of multiple pods running on four GKE n1-standard-2 nodes. You need to deploy additional pods requiring n2- highmem-16…

The correct answer is B. Create a new Node Pool and specify machine type n2-highmem-16. When you need to change the machine profile of your Compute Engine cluster, you can create a new node pool and then migrate your workloads over to the new node pool.

Submitted by fernanda_arg· Mar 30, 2026Deploying and implementing a cloud solution

Question

Your existing application running in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) consists of multiple pods running on four GKE n1-standard-2 nodes. You need to deploy additional pods requiring n2- highmem-16 nodes without any downtime. What should you do?

Options

AUse gcloud container clusters upgrade.
BCreate a new Node Pool and specify machine type n2-highmem-16.
CCreate a new cluster with n2-highmem-16 nodes.
DCreate a new cluster with both n1-standard-2 and n2-highmem-16 nodes.

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Explanation

When you need to change the machine profile of your Compute Engine cluster, you can create a new node pool and then migrate your workloads over to the new node pool.

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