Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer — Question 160

You are about to deploy a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system on Google Cloud. The application holds the full database in-memory for fast data access, and you need to configure the most appropriate resources on Google Cloud for this application. What should you do?

Answer options

• A. Provision preemptible Compute Engine instances.
• B. Provision Compute Engine instances with GPUs attached.
• C. Provision Compute Engine instances with local SSDs attached.
• D. Provision Compute Engine instances with M1 machine type.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because M1 machine types are optimized for applications that require high memory bandwidth and fast processing, making them suitable for in-memory databases. The other options, such as preemptible instances, GPUs, and local SSDs, do not provide the necessary performance benefits for this specific use case.