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You are migrating third-party applications from optimized on-premises virtual machines to Google Cloud. You are unsure about the optimum CPU and memory options. The applications have a consistent usag

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Submitted by eva_at· Mar 30, 2026Optimizing technical and business processes

Question

You are migrating third-party applications from optimized on-premises virtual machines to Google Cloud. You are unsure about the optimum CPU and memory options. The applications have a consistent usage pattern across multiple weeks. You want to optimize resource usage for the lowest cost. What should you do?

Options

  • ACreate an instance template with the smallest available machine type, and use an image of the
  • BCreate an App Engine flexible environment, and deploy the third-party application using a
  • CCreate multiple Compute Engine instances with varying CPU and memory options. Install the
  • DCreate a Compute Engine instance with CPU and memory options similar to your application's

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#VM rightsizing#Recommender#cost optimization#workload migration
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