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Google Associate Cloud Engineer Exam - Topic 8 Question 34 Discussion

Actual exam question for Google's Associate Cloud Engineer exam
Question #: 34
Topic #: 8
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You have an application on a general-purpose Compute Engine instance that is experiencing excessive disk read throttling on its Zonal SSD Persistent Disk. The application primarily reads large files from disk. The disk size is currently 350 GB. You want to provide the maximum amount of throughput while minimizing costs. What should you do?

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Delmy
4 months ago
Increasing CPU won't fix disk read throttling, just saying.
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Lizbeth
4 months ago
Wait, does migrating to a Regional SSD really improve performance?
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Reena
4 months ago
Not sure about that, Local SSDs can be pricey.
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Daniela
4 months ago
I think migrating to a Local SSD is the best option for speed!
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Trina
5 months ago
Increasing the disk size to 1 TB could help with throughput.
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Patti
5 months ago
Regional SSDs seem like a good option for redundancy, but I’m not sure if they provide better throughput than Local SSDs.
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Thora
5 months ago
I practiced a similar question where increasing CPU didn’t really help with disk throttling, so I’m leaning away from option B.
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Macy
5 months ago
I think migrating to a Local SSD might help with the read speeds, but I’m not completely confident about the cost implications.
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Iluminada
5 months ago
I remember reading that increasing the disk size can improve throughput, but I'm not sure if going to 1 TB is necessary.
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Tori
5 months ago
Hmm, I'm a bit unsure about the other options like the ping timeout and startup file. I'll need to think through those more carefully to make sure I understand what they're asking for.
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Annamae
5 months ago
Hmm, I'm not entirely sure about this one. The options seem quite technical, and I'm not super familiar with the details of each blockchain platform. I'll have to review my notes and try to reason through the key differences.
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Lucia
5 months ago
Hmm, I'm not sure about this one. I guess the material of the housing could be important to protect the camera from the elements, but I'm not totally confident that's the right answer.
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Nicolette
5 months ago
I remember practicing something similar, and it struck me that C and D could be true together since they reference the encryption scheme closely.
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