You are designing an architecture for a batch processing job that renders video frames. The job can be paused and resumed without losing data. You want to process the frames as cheaply as possible.

Which Compute Engine instance type should you choose?

Answer options:

Standard VMs with Committed Use Discounts

Spot VMs (Preemptible VMs)

Custom Machine Types

Sole-tenant nodes

How to approach this question

Identify the cheapest compute option for fault-tolerant workloads.

Full Answer

B.Spot VMs (Preemptible VMs)✓ Correct

Spot VMs (formerly Preemptible VMs) are highly affordable compute instances suitable for batch jobs and fault-tolerant workloads. Compute Engine might stop these instances if it needs to reclaim the compute capacity.

Common mistakes

Thinking Spot VMs are a different service than Compute Engine; they are just a pricing model for VMs.

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