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A company is migrating its on-premises virtual machines to Google Cloud. They want to retain maximum control over the operating system and installed software, just as they do in their current environment. Which Google Cloud compute service should they choose to achieve this?
- ACloud Run
- BCompute Engine
- CApp Engine Standard
- DCloud Functions
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Correct answer: B. Compute Engine
Compute Engine provides Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), offering virtual machines that give users full control over the operating system, disk images, and installed software, mirroring an on-premises VM environment.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Cloud Run is a serverless container platform, abstracting away OS management.
- C. App Engine Standard is a PaaS offering, which manages the OS and runtime environment.
- D. Cloud Functions is a serverless FaaS offering, abstracting away OS and infrastructure control.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
A cloud computing model that provides virtualized computing resources over the internet. Users manage operating systems, applications, and data, while the provider manages the underlying infrastructure.
- High control over infrastructure components.
- Pay-as-you-go pricing.
- Scalable and flexible resources.
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