Module 8: Compute Options for Your Application

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Compute Options for Your Application

Graded Assignment

1. Your application is containerized, requires automatic scaling, and accepts requests over gRPC. You do not want to manage infrastructure. Which would be the ideal execution environment for your application?

  • Google Kubernetes Engine ✅
  • Compute Engine
  • Cloud Run
  • Cloud Run functions

Explanation:
GKE is designed for containerized applications that require automatic scaling and can handle gRPC requests effectively. It gives more control over networking and scaling than Cloud Run.

2. Your code needs to create a thumbnail of an image in response to a Pub/Sub event. Which of the following execution environments should you consider?

  • App Engine (flexible environment)
  • Compute Engine
  • Google Kubernetes Engine
  • Cloud Run functions ✅

Explanation:
Cloud Functions is event-driven and ideal for responding to Pub/Sub events to generate thumbnails. It scales automatically and requires minimal management.

3. You have an application running on virtual machines in another cloud provider. You want to move this application into Google Cloud with as few changes as possible. Which execution environment should you consider?

  • Cloud Run
  • Compute Engine ✅
  • Google Kubernetes Engine
  • Cloud Run functions

Explanation:
Compute Engine provides virtual machines (VMs), making it the easiest way to migrate an application running on another cloud provider’s VMs with minimal changes.

Related contents:

Module 2: Best Practices for Cloud Application Development
Module 3: Getting Started with Google Cloud Development
Module 4: Data Storage Options
Module 5: Handling Authentication and Authorization
Module 6: Adding Intelligence to Your Application
Module 7: Deploying Applications
Module 9: Monitoring and Performance Tuning

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