Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Question 177
Single answerGoogle Cloud PlatformYour company runs a Google Cloud environment hosting multiple applications, and you have been assigned to optimize costs without impacting performance. After analyzing your workloads, you notice some Compute Engine instances have low utilization. Which Google Cloud recommender would help you identify and resize these underutilized resources?
- A
Cost Recommender
- B
Machine Type Recommendations
- C
Security Recommender
- D
Performance Recommender
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The Machine Type Recommendations feature of Google Cloud Recommenders evaluates the utilization metrics of Compute Engine instances and suggests resizing to a more appropriate machine type to optimize both cost and performance. It is the most relevant tool for identifying and addressing underutilized resources in this scenario.
- A. Incorrect.
Cost Recommender focuses on optimizing resources for cost but does not provide specific recommendations for resizing Compute Engine instances based on utilization.
- B. Correct.
Machine Type Recommendations analyze the utilization of Compute Engine instances and suggest resizing to a smaller or more efficient machine type, making it the correct choice for this scenario.
- C. Incorrect.
Security Recommender focuses on recommending improvements to the security posture, such as removing unused IAM permissions, which is unrelated to resizing underutilized resources.
- D. Incorrect.
Performance Recommender provides suggestions to improve the performance of your workloads but does not specifically address underutilized Compute Engine instances.