You are running a web application on Cloud Run for a few hundred users. Some of your users complain that the initial web page of the application takes much longer to load than the following pages…

The correct answer is A. Set the minimum number of instances for your Cloud Run service to 3. This is a typical cold start problem. Cold starts happen when a serverless platform like Cloud Run needs to start a new instance to handle a request because no suitable instances are available. This startup time can cause a delay, which is noticeable to users, especially on the…

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Question

You are running a web application on Cloud Run for a few hundred users. Some of your users complain that the initial web page of the application takes much longer to load than the following pages. You want to follow Google's recommendations to mitigate the issue. What should you do?

Options

ASet the minimum number of instances for your Cloud Run service to 3.
BSet the concurrency number to 1 for your Cloud Run service.
CSet the maximum number of instances for your Cloud Run service to 100.
DUpdate your web application to use the protocol HTTP/2 instead of HTTP/1.1.

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A
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8% (3)
C
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D
3% (1)

Explanation

This is a typical cold start problem. Cold starts happen when a serverless platform like Cloud Run needs to start a new instance to handle a request because no suitable instances are available. This startup time can cause a delay, which is noticeable to users, especially on the first page

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