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What is Batch in Google Cloud?
What is Batch in Google Cloud?
- A tool for configuring and managing third-party job schedulers
- A managed service for scheduling, queuing, and executing batch processing workloads (correct)
- A cloud-based storage service for batch job results
- A resource provisioning system for one-time use
What does Batch do in terms of resource management?
What does Batch do in terms of resource management?
- Provisions resources and manages capacity on behalf of the user (correct)
- Provides only native integration with other Google Cloud services
- Manages resources on a per-zone basis
- Requires users to configure and manage third-party job schedulers
What is a Batch 'job' in this context?
What is a Batch 'job' in this context?
- A scheduled program that runs a set of tasks to completion without user interaction (correct)
- A simple computational task
- A job scheduling algorithm
- A single command-line operation
What does a Batch 'job' represent?
What does a Batch 'job' represent?
What is the purpose of referencing the environment variable for a task's index in the job's runnables?
What is the purpose of referencing the environment variable for a task's index in the job's runnables?
Which infrastructure is needed to run a job in Batch?
Which infrastructure is needed to run a job in Batch?
What does a regional managed instance group (MIG) in Batch consist of?
What does a regional managed instance group (MIG) in Batch consist of?
What determines the number of VMs provisioned for a job in Batch?
What determines the number of VMs provisioned for a job in Batch?
What is the pricing model for Batch?
What is the pricing model for Batch?
What are the prerequisites for starting to use Batch?
What are the prerequisites for starting to use Batch?