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PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-DEVOPS-ENGINEER Question #193: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is D: Deploy the service by using Spot VMs.. Spot VMs are the most cost-effective option since they provide significant cost savings compared to standard VMs while being suitable for workloads that can tolerate interruptions. Since the service can resume processing photos in case of failure and there is no strict SLO, using

Submitted by saadiq_pk· Apr 18, 2026Implementing and managing cost controls

Question

You work for a company that offers a free photo processing application. You are designing the infrastructure for the backend service that processes the photos. The service: - Uses Cloud Storage to store both unprocessed and processed photos. - Can resume processing photos in the event of a failure. - Is not suitable for containerization. There is no SLO for the time taken to process a photo. You need to choose the most cost- effective solution for running the service. What should you do?

Options

  • ADeploy the service by using Cloud Run.
  • BDeploy the service by using standard VMs with a 3-year committed use discount.
  • CDeploy the service by using GKE.
  • DDeploy the service by using Spot VMs.

Explanation

Spot VMs are the most cost-effective option since they provide significant cost savings compared to standard VMs while being suitable for workloads that can tolerate interruptions. Since the service can resume processing photos in case of failure and there is no strict SLO, using Spot VMs allows the company to minimize infrastructure costs without impacting service functionality.

Topics

#Spot VMs#Cost optimization#Compute Engine#Fault tolerance

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