1Z0-1067-25 Question 49
Select 2Your development team has noticed that the daily cost of running test and development environments in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is exceeding the allocated budget. Most of these environments are idle outside of standard working hours, but they require continuous availability during business operations. Which two strategies should you recommend to help reduce the overall daily usage cost without disrupting critical development workflows? (Choose two)
- A
Schedule automatic powering off of development compute instances outside working hours
- B
Create large monolithic compartments for all development and test resources to reduce overhead
- C
Enable Autoscaling for dev environment compute instances and set a maximum instance count to handle typical workloads
- D
Provision dedicated Exadata infrastructure for your test environments to ensure flexibility
- E
Use Oracle Cloud Budget to create cost threshold alerts for each development compartment
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Correct answers: A, C
Explanation
When implementing cost optimization in OCI, focus on eliminating idle resources (by scheduling compute instance shutdowns) and using dynamic scaling features. Shutting down development instances outside peak hours prevents unnecessary compute charges, and Autoscaling matches capacity to workload demands, reducing costs. While features like OCI Budgets are useful for monitoring and alerting, real savings come from actively managing resource utilization. Refer to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation for best practices on cost governance, such as Automating ResourcesLifecycle Management and Configuring Autoscaling Policies.
- A. Correct.
Correct. Scheduling instances to power off when not in use directly reduces compute costs by eliminating charges for idle resources while still preserving the environment for daytime use.
- B. Incorrect.
Incorrect. Combining all resources into a single, large compartment does not reduce costs. Compartmentalization helps with organization and cost tracking, but it does not directly lower usage charges.
- C. Correct.
Correct. Enabling Autoscaling ensures that the number of running compute instances matches workload demands. By scaling down when usage is low, you reduce unnecessary compute costs.
- D. Incorrect.
Incorrect. Provisioning dedicated Exadata infrastructure is an expensive option usually needed for high-performance or production-grade databases, not typical dev/test workloads. It increases costs rather than reducing them.
- E. Incorrect.
Incorrect. Creating cost threshold alerts helps you monitor spending, but it does not actively reduce daily usage. It only notifies you when costs approach or exceed a budget limit.