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PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-ARCHITECT · Question #142

Your company operates nationally and plans to use GCP for multiple batch workloads, including some that are not time-critical. You also need to use GCP services that are HIPAA-certified and manage…

The correct answer is B. Provisioning preemptible VMs to reduce cost. Disable and then discontinue use of all GCP and. https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/preemptible If your apps are fault-tolerant and can withstand possible instance preemptions, then preemptible instances can reduce your Compute Engine costs significantly. For example, batch processing jobs can run on preemptible…

Submitted by neha2k· Mar 30, 2026Designing for security and compliance

Question

Your company operates nationally and plans to use GCP for multiple batch workloads, including some that are not time-critical. You also need to use GCP services that are HIPAA-certified and manage service costs. How should you design to meet Google best practices?

Options

  • AProvisioning preemptible VMs to reduce cost. Discontinue use of all GCP services and APIs that
  • BProvisioning preemptible VMs to reduce cost. Disable and then discontinue use of all GCP and
  • CProvision standard VMs in the same region to reduce cost. Discontinue use of all GCP services
  • DProvision standard VMs to the same region to reduce cost. Disable and then discontinue use of

How the community answered

(50 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    66% (33)
  • C
    18% (9)
  • D
    12% (6)

Explanation

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/preemptible If your apps are fault-tolerant and can withstand possible instance preemptions, then preemptible instances can reduce your Compute Engine costs significantly. For example, batch processing jobs can run on preemptible instances. If some of those instances stop during processing, the job slows but does not completely stop. Preemptible instances complete your batch processing tasks without placing additional workload on your existing instances and without requiring you to pay full price for additional normal instances.

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#HIPAA compliance#preemptible VMs#batch workloads#cost and compliance

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