Machine types and families (E2, N2, C2) in GCP - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to specify an E2 machine type in a GCP VM instance configuration.

GCP

machine_type = "zones/us-central1-a/machineTypes/[1]"

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Ae2-medium

Bc2-standard-8

Cn2-standard-4

Dcustom-2-4096

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Choosing a machine type from a different family like N2 or C2.

Using a custom machine type string incorrectly.

The E2 machine family offers cost-effective general purpose VMs. Here, e2-medium is a valid E2 machine type.

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medium

Complete the code to select a high-performance N2 machine type for a VM instance.

GCP

machine_type = "zones/us-west1-b/machineTypes/[1]"

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Ae2-small

Bc2-standard-4

Cn2-standard-8

De2-micro

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Selecting an E2 or C2 machine type instead of N2.

Choosing a smaller machine type than requested.

The N2 family provides balanced performance and is suitable for many workloads. n2-standard-8 is a valid N2 machine type with 8 vCPUs.

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hard

Fix the error in the machine type string to correctly specify a C2 machine type.

GCP

machine_type = "zones/europe-west1-c/machineTypes/[1]"

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Ac2-standard-4

Be2-standard-2

Cn2-standard-16

Dcustom-4-8192

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using machine types from other families like N2 or E2.

Using a custom machine type string incorrectly.

The C2 family is optimized for compute-intensive workloads. The correct machine type string for C2 is c2-standard-4.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a VM instance configuration with an N2 machine type and a zone in us-east1.

GCP

instance_config = {
  "zone": "[1]",
  "machine_type": "zones/[2]/machineTypes/n2-standard-4"
}

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Aus-east1-b

Bus-central1-a

Cus-east1-c

Dus-west1-a

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using different zones in the two fields.

Choosing a zone outside the us-east1 region.

The zone must be consistent in both the zone field and the machine type path. Here, us-east1-b is used for both.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to define a VM instance with a C2 machine type, in europe-west1-b zone, and with a custom machine type suffix.

GCP

instance = {
  "zone": "[1]",
  "machine_type": "zones/[2]/machineTypes/c2-[3]"
}

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Aeurope-west1-b

Beurope-west1-c

Cstandard-8

Dstandard-4

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing zones between europe-west1-b and europe-west1-c.

Using an incorrect machine type suffix.

The zone is europe-west1-b for both fields, and the machine type suffix standard-4 completes the C2 machine type.