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ASSOCIATE-CLOUD-ENGINEER · Question #309

Your company developed an application to deploy on Google Kubernetes Engine. Certain parts of the application are not fault-tolerant and are allowed to have downtime. Other parts of the application…

The correct answer is D. Create a cluster with both a Spot VM node pool and a nods pool by using standard VMs. Deploy. Spot VM Node Pool for Fault-Tolerant Parts: Spot VMs in GKE are cost-effective but can be preempted (terminated) by Google Cloud with little notice if their resources are needed elsewhere. They are suitable for workloads that can handle interruptions, like the fault-tolerant…

Submitted by lukas.cz· Mar 30, 2026Deploying and implementing a cloud solution

Question

Your company developed an application to deploy on Google Kubernetes Engine. Certain parts of the application are not fault-tolerant and are allowed to have downtime. Other parts of the application are critical and must always be available. You need to configure a Google Kubernetes Engine cluster while optimizing for cost. What should you do?

Options

  • ACreate a cluster with a single node-pool by using standard VMs. Label he fault-tolerant
  • BCreate a cluster with a single node-pool by using Spot VMs. Label the critical Deployments as
  • CCreate a cluster with both a Spot VM node pool and a node pool by using standard VMs. Deploy
  • DCreate a cluster with both a Spot VM node pool and a nods pool by using standard VMs. Deploy

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    9% (3)
  • B
    17% (6)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    71% (25)

Explanation

Spot VM Node Pool for Fault-Tolerant Parts: Spot VMs in GKE are cost-effective but can be preempted (terminated) by Google Cloud with little notice if their resources are needed elsewhere. They are suitable for workloads that can handle interruptions, like the fault-tolerant parts of your application. Standard VM Node Pool for Critical Parts: Standard VMs offer more reliability and are not subject to preemption like Spot VMs. Using a standard VM node pool for the critical parts of your application ensures they remain available and are not disrupted by potential preemptions.

Topics

#GKE node pools#Spot VMs#cost optimization#workload scheduling

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