Question 1

Your company runs a nightly batch processing job that renders 3D video files.

The job takes about 4 hours to complete. The workload is highly parallel and fault-tolerant; if a rendering task is interrupted, it can simply be restarted without data loss. The IT director wants to reduce the compute costs for this workload by at least 70%.

Which Azure compute purchasing option should you recommend?

Accepted Answer

Match 'fault-tolerant', 'interruptible', and 'massive cost reduction' to Spot VMs.

Question 2

What mistakes do candidates make on this AZ-305 question?

Accepted Answer

Choosing Reserved Instances. RIs are for workloads that run 24/7. A 4-hour nightly job would waste 20 hours of paid compute every day on an RI.

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