Question

A media company runs a fleet of Compute Engine virtual machines that operate 24/7 at a predictable, steady level of utilization throughout the year. Finance wants to reduce the compute bill without changing the architecture or risking interruption of these always-on workloads. Which option best meets this requirement?

Accepted Answer

Purchase committed use discounts for a one- or three-year term covering the steady baseline capacity

Answer

Migrate the workloads to Spot VMs to take advantage of the deepest available discounts

Answer

Move the workloads to Cloud Run so they scale to zero when idle

Answer

Enable managed instance group autoscaling to add and remove instances automatically