A cloud solutions architect is designing a VM-based solution that requires reducing the cost as much as possible. Which of the following solutions will best satisfy this requirement?

The correct answer is B. Creating Spot VMs in one availability zone. Using Spot VMs is a cost-effective solution as these are available at significantly reduced prices compared to standard instances. Spot VMs are ideal for workloads that can tolerate interruptions and are a way to take advantage of unused cloud capacity.

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Options

AUsing ephemeral storage on replicated VMs
BCreating Spot VMs in one availability zone
CSpreading the VMs across different regions
DUsing provisioned IOPS storage

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A
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83% (45)
C
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D
4% (2)

Explanation

Using Spot VMs is a cost-effective solution as these are available at significantly reduced prices compared to standard instances. Spot VMs are ideal for workloads that can tolerate interruptions and are a way to take advantage of unused cloud capacity.

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