GCP PCA · Question 33 · Cost Optimization
A large enterprise uses a single Shared VPC across 100 different projects. The finance team needs to implement a strict chargeback model to bill individual departments for their specific network egress costs and Compute Engine usage. What is the most reliable way to allocate these costs?
A large enterprise uses a single Shared VPC across 100 different projects. The finance team needs to implement a strict chargeback model to bill individual departments for their specific network egress costs and Compute Engine usage. What is the most reliable way to allocate these costs?
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Use Network Tags on the VMs and filter the billing reports by tag.
Apply GCP resource labels (e.g., 'department:marketing') to all resources and export Cloud Billing data to BigQuery for analysis.
Create a separate billing account for each department and link their projects to it.
Use the Cloud Pricing Calculator at the end of each month to estimate what each department used.
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