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You host your website on Compute Engine. The number of global users visiting your website is rapidly expanding. You need to minimize latency and support user growth in multiple geographical regions. Y

The correct answer is B. Deploy your VMs in multiple Google Cloud regions closest to your users' geographical locations. D. Use an external Application Load Balancer in Global mode.. Placing VMs in multiple regions close to users reduces latency and scales better for a global A Global external Application Load Balancer provides a single anycast IP and intelligently routes traffic to the closest healthy backend across regions, aligning with Google-recommended,

Submitted by rohit_dlh· Mar 30, 2026Planning and configuring a cloud solution

Question

You host your website on Compute Engine. The number of global users visiting your website is rapidly expanding. You need to minimize latency and support user growth in multiple geographical regions. You also want to follow Google-recommended practices and minimize operational costs. Which two actions should you take? Choose 2 answers

Options

  • ADeploy all of your VMs in a single Google Cloud region with the largest available CIDR range.
  • BDeploy your VMs in multiple Google Cloud regions closest to your users' geographical locations.
  • CUse an external Application Load Balancer in Regional mode.
  • DUse an external Application Load Balancer in Global mode.
  • EUse a Network Load Balancer.

How the community answered

(44 responses)
  • A
    5% (2)
  • B
    73% (32)
  • C
    9% (4)
  • E
    14% (6)

Explanation

Placing VMs in multiple regions close to users reduces latency and scales better for a global A Global external Application Load Balancer provides a single anycast IP and intelligently routes traffic to the closest healthy backend across regions, aligning with Google-recommended, cost- effective global load balancing practices.

Topics

#global load balancing#external Application Load Balancer#multi-region deployment#latency optimization

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