You have a Compute Engine instance that you only use during business hours. To save costs, you want to shut it down overnight. You want to ensure that you are NOT billed for the vCPU and memory while it is not in use, but you want to keep the data on the boot disk.

What action should you take?

Answer options:

Suspend the instance.

Stop the instance.

Delete the instance.

Pause the instance.

How to approach this question

Understand the billing implications of different VM states.

Full Answer

B.Stop the instance.✓ Correct

Stop the instance.

When you 'Stop' a Compute Engine instance, it enters the TERMINATED state. You are no longer billed for the vCPU or memory. You are only billed for the attached Persistent Disks and reserved static IPs. This is the standard way to save costs for VMs not in use.

Common mistakes

Confusing 'Suspend' (which preserves RAM state and charges for it) with 'Stop'.

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