A team runs nightly, stateless batch-processing jobs that can finish within 24 hours and can tolerate unexpected interruptions. To lower compute spending without redesigning the application, which Google Cloud compute option should they choose?
Deploy the jobs on sole-tenant nodes to gain dedicated host discounts.
Rewrite the jobs as event-driven Cloud Functions.
Run the jobs on preemptible virtual machines in Compute Engine.
Use standard Compute Engine VMs with automatic restart to keep them running.
Preemptible virtual machines provide the same performance as regular Compute Engine VMs but at a greatly reduced price because Google may stop them at any time after the first 30 seconds and will always terminate them after 24 hours. This makes them ideal for cost-sensitive, fault-tolerant workloads such as short-lived batch jobs. Sole-tenant nodes focus on hardware isolation, not cost savings. Cloud Functions would require rewriting the batch application into event-driven functions. Standard VMs with automatic restart continue running and accrue normal charges, offering no additional discount.
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