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    PracticeGCP Professional Cloud ArchitectGCP Professional Cloud Architect Practice Exam 5Question 31
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    Subtask 4.1: Technical ProcessesCapacity PlanningQuotasCompute Engine

    GCP PCA · Question 31 · Technical Processes

    Your company is planning a massive marketing campaign that will require spinning up 5,000 new Compute Engine instances in the us-central1 region. What should you do first to ensure the capacity is available?

    Answer options:

    A.

    Write a Terraform script to deploy the instances.

    B.

    Purchase Committed Use Discounts (CUDs) for 5,000 instances.

    C.

    Request a quota increase for Compute Engine CPUs in the us-central1 region.

    D.

    Create a Managed Instance Group with a target size of 5,000.

    How to approach this question

    Recognize the administrative limits GCP places on new projects.

    Full Answer

    C.Request a quota increase for Compute Engine CPUs in the us-central1 region.✓ Correct
    Request a quota increase for Compute Engine CPUs in the us-central1 region.
    Google Cloud uses quotas to protect both the customer (from accidental massive bills) and Google (from capacity exhaustion). Before launching a massive workload, you must proactively request a quota increase via the IAM & Admin console.

    Common mistakes

    Assuming CUDs (B) guarantee capacity. (Note: GCP does offer 'Reservations' for capacity guarantees, but quota must still be addressed).
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