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A global e-commerce company is migrating its legacy monolithic application to a microservices architecture on Google Cloud. They require a fully managed, scalable container orchestration service that can handle unpredictable traffic spikes during seasonal sales events, ensure high availability, and simplify deployment and management of their containerized services. Which Google Cloud solution is best suited for this requirement?
- ACloud Run
- BGoogle Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
- CCompute Engine
- DApp Engine Standard
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Correct answer: B. Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is a fully managed service for deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications using Kubernetes. It provides robust capabilities for handling traffic spikes, ensuring high availability, and simplifying the complexities of microservices deployment.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Cloud Run is serverless and event-driven, suitable for stateless microservices but may not offer the full orchestration control and flexibility needed for complex, stateful microservices architectures during extreme traffic spikes.
- C. Compute Engine provides IaaS virtual machines, requiring manual management of containers and orchestration, which is not fully managed.
- D. App Engine Standard is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) for web applications, offering limited flexibility for custom container orchestration compared to GKE.
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
A managed environment for deploying, managing, and scaling your containerized applications using Google infrastructure.
- Based on Kubernetes, an open-source container orchestration system.
- Provides automatic scaling, patching, and upgrades.
- Supports various workloads, including microservices and batch jobs.
Memory trick: GKE keeps microservices all neatly arrayed.