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Domain 2.1: Planning and estimating GCP product useDomain 2Pricing CalculatorCompute Engine

GCP ACE · Question 10 · Domain 2.1: Planning and estimating GCP product use

You are using the Google Cloud Pricing Calculator to estimate the monthly cost of running 10 Compute Engine virtual machines. These VMs will run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for the entire month.

How should you account for Sustained Use Discounts (SUDs) in your estimate?

Answer options:

A.

Manually calculate a 30% discount and subtract it from the final total.

B.

Do nothing; the Pricing Calculator automatically applies Sustained Use Discounts based on the usage hours entered.

C.

Select the 'Apply SUD' checkbox in the Compute Engine section of the calculator.

D.

Sustained Use Discounts only apply to preemptible VMs, so you must select preemptible instances.

How to approach this question

Understand how the Pricing Calculator handles automatic discounts like SUDs versus committed discounts.

Full Answer

B.Do nothing; the Pricing Calculator automatically applies Sustained Use Discounts based on the usage hours entered.✓ Correct
Sustained Use Discounts (SUDs) are automatic discounts applied by Google Cloud when you run specific Compute Engine resources for a significant portion of the billing month. Because they are automatic, the Google Cloud Pricing Calculator automatically factors them into the estimated cost when you specify that the VMs will run 24/7.

Common mistakes

Thinking SUDs require manual calculation or a specific checkbox, confusing them with Committed Use Discounts (CUDs) which do require explicit selection.

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