Serverless vs GKE decision in GCP - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to choose the best option for a fully managed, event-driven compute service.

GCP

service = "[1]"  # Choose the serverless compute option

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AGoogle Kubernetes Engine

BCloud Run

CCompute Engine

DApp Engine Flexible

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Choosing GKE which requires cluster management.

Selecting Compute Engine which is VM-based, not serverless.

Cloud Run is a fully managed serverless platform that runs containers on demand, ideal for event-driven workloads.

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medium

Complete the code to select the best option for running containerized applications with full control over orchestration.

GCP

service = "[1]"  # Choose the container orchestration platform

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AGoogle Kubernetes Engine

BApp Engine Standard

CCloud Run

DCloud Functions

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Choosing Cloud Run which is serverless and abstracts orchestration.

Selecting Cloud Functions which is for event-driven functions, not containers.

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) provides full control over container orchestration and cluster management.

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hard

Fix the error in the decision code to select the best option for a workload needing automatic scaling without cluster management.

GCP

if workload == "event-driven" and needs_scaling:
    platform = "[1]"

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AApp Engine Flexible

BGoogle Kubernetes Engine

CCloud Run

DCompute Engine

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Choosing GKE which requires manual cluster management.

Selecting Compute Engine which is VM-based and not serverless.

Cloud Run automatically scales containers based on demand without requiring cluster management, ideal for event-driven workloads.

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hard

Fill both blanks to complete the decision logic for choosing between serverless and GKE based on control and scaling needs.

GCP

if needs_full_control == [1] and wants_serverless == [2]:
    platform = "Google Kubernetes Engine"

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ATrue

BFalse

CNone

DMaybe

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Setting wants_serverless to True when choosing GKE.

Using None or Maybe which are not boolean values.

If full control is needed (True) and serverless is not wanted (False), GKE is the right choice.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to complete the function that decides the platform based on workload type, control, and scaling.

GCP

def choose_platform(workload_type, needs_control, auto_scale):
    if workload_type == [1] and not needs_control and auto_scale:
        return [2]
    else:
        return [3]

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A"event-driven"

B"Cloud Run"

C"Google Kubernetes Engine"

D"batch"

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using batch instead of event-driven for workload_type.

Returning GKE for event-driven without control needs.

For event-driven workloads without control needs and requiring auto scaling, Cloud Run is best. Otherwise, GKE is chosen.