1Z0-997-25 Question 173
Select 2Your organization has encountered unexpected monthly cost spikes in a shared compartment due to multiple teams launching HPC clusters. The finance department wants to limit HPC usage to authorized users only and receive real-time notifications when HPC-related costs approach allocated budgets. Which two strategies would best address these requirements?
- A
Implement a Quota policy to restrict HPC shape usage to approved compartments or groups.
- B
Create an OCI Budget with threshold-based notifications to alert finance when HPC costs approach allocated limits.
- C
Use cost-tracking tags on HPC resources to automatically block HPC resource creation when costs exceed the budget.
- D
Create an IAM policy that immediately terminates HPC instances when monthly spend exceeds a specified threshold.
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Correct answers: A, B
Explanation
Combining Quota policies with OCI Budgets addresses both cost control and proactive monitoring. Quota policies restrict HPC resource usage to authorized teams, while Budgets notify relevant stakeholders as costs approach predefined limits. For further details, refer to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure documentation on Quotas and Budget management.
- A. Correct.
Quota policies allow you to define and enforce limits on specific resources or shapes within a compartment or for certain groups, effectively preventing unwanted HPC deployments.
- B. Correct.
OCI Budgets let you set budget thresholds and send notifications if spending approaches or exceeds those thresholds, providing rapid alerts to key stakeholders for proactive cost management.
- C. Incorrect.
While cost-tracking tags enhance visibility into resource usage and spending, they do not automatically block resource creation. Additional policies or quotas would be needed to enforce HPC usage limits.
- D. Incorrect.
OCI IAM policies govern who can do what within an OCI tenancy, but they do not terminate resources based on cost thresholds. Cost-based auto-termination is not natively supported by IAM.