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Your organization is running multiple Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters in a project. You need to design a highly-available solution to collect and query both domain-specific workload metrics an

The correct answer is D. Enable managed collection on every GKE cluster. Query the metrics in Cloud Monitoring.. Managed collection in Google Cloud simplifies the process of gathering metrics from GKE clusters by automatically collecting GKE default metrics and enabling integration with Cloud Querying the metrics in Cloud Monitoring provides a unified view and advanced querying capabilities

Submitted by amina.ke· Apr 18, 2026Implementing service monitoring strategies

Question

Your organization is running multiple Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters in a project. You need to design a highly-available solution to collect and query both domain-specific workload metrics and GKE default metrics across all clusters, while minimizing operational overhead. What should you do?

Options

  • AUse Prometheus operator to install Prometheus in every cluster and scrape the metrics. Configure
  • BEnable managed collection on every GKE cluster. Query the metrics in BigQuery.
  • CUse Prometheus operator to install Prometheus in every cluster and scrape the metrics. Ensure
  • DEnable managed collection on every GKE cluster. Query the metrics in Cloud Monitoring.

How the community answered

(39 responses)
  • A
    5% (2)
  • B
    8% (3)
  • C
    15% (6)
  • D
    72% (28)

Explanation

Managed collection in Google Cloud simplifies the process of gathering metrics from GKE clusters by automatically collecting GKE default metrics and enabling integration with Cloud Querying the metrics in Cloud Monitoring provides a unified view and advanced querying capabilities without the need for complex setups, ensuring high availability and easy access to the metrics collected from all clusters.

Topics

#GKE Monitoring#Cloud Monitoring#Metrics Collection#Managed Services

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