A data engineering team needs to estimate the monthly GCP expenses for storing 50 TB of telemetry logs that are continuously read and analyzed multiple times per hour by real-time operational dashboards. When modeling this workload in the Google Cloud Pricing Calculator, which configuration strategy provides an accurate cost baseline while accounting for the workload access pattern?
- Select the Standard Storage class for the bucket estimation to account for frequent data retrieval without incurring data access penalties.Answer
- BSelect the Archive Storage class in the calculator to minimize the per-gigabyte storage rate, assuming read operations will not affect overall costs.
- CApply a 3-year Committed Use Discount (CUD) to the Cloud Storage capacity in the calculator to lower the monthly per-gigabyte rate.
- DConfigure Spot VM pricing for the storage bucket to lower hourly rate estimates for the telemetry data.
Answer
The correct strategy is to select the Standard Storage class in the calculator because frequently retrieved data will incur heavy per-GB retrieval fees if placed in cold or archive storage tiers.
Selecting Standard Storage is correct because telemetry data accessed multiple times per hour requires zero-retrieval-cost storage. While colder storage classes offer lower baseline per-gigabyte pricing, their high data retrieval fees make them inappropriate for frequently queried active data.
Step-by-Step Solution
Key Concept
Selecting appropriate Cloud Storage classes in the Google Cloud Pricing Calculator based on access patterns and retrieval fees