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Stateful Compute vs Filestore Trade-off | GCP PCA

3 January 2026·700 words·4 mins

Architecture Drills Google Cloud Platform GCP PCA GCP FinOps SRE Cloud Filestore

Explore how to architect a horizontally scalable stateful workload requiring shared POSIX-compliant storage with high write throughput while balancing cost, performance, and operations.

Managed Logging Trade-offs for Incidents | GCP PCA

2 January 2026·693 words·4 mins

Architecture Drills Google Cloud Platform GCP PCA GCP FinOps SRE Cloud Operations

How to enable effective observability on a GKE workload with minimal disruption while balancing SRE best practices and cost.

Automate OS Patching Without Rebuilding Images | GCP PCA

2 January 2026·743 words·4 mins

Architecture Drills Google Cloud Platform GCP PCA GCP FinOps SRE Compute Engine GKE

A global fintech firm needs to deploy a Debian-based application with minimal manual OS patching. We explore the best approach aligning with SRE and FinOps principles.

Multi-VPC Connectivity Decision Trade-offs | GCP PCA

1 January 2026·780 words·4 mins

Architecture Drills Google Cloud Platform GCP PCA GCP FinOps SRE VPC Networking

Explore how to enable selective internal IP communication between Compute Engine instances across isolated VPCs while preserving network separation.

Hadoop Migration—Managed vs DIY Cost Trade-off | GCP PCA

1 January 2026·675 words·4 mins

Architecture Drills Google Cloud Platform GCP PCA GCP FinOps SRE Dataproc

A global fintech startup needs to migrate Hadoop jobs with minimal infrastructure changes and cost. This drill explores managed vs. manual cluster deployment trade-offs.

Hybrid Connectivity Overlapping IP Trade-offs | GCP PCA

31 December 2025·710 words·4 mins

Architecture Drills Google Cloud Platform GCP PCA GCP FinOps SRE Hybrid Connectivity

A global fintech startup integrates an acquired company’s overlapping network IP space with their data center via hybrid connectivity, examining the optimal routing and NAT strategies.

Zonal Outage DR for Compute Engine Disks | GCP PCA

30 December 2025·710 words·4 mins

Architecture Drills Google Cloud Platform GCP PCA GCP FinOps SRE Compute Engine

Designing a highly available Compute Engine architecture that quickly recovers from zonal outages by balancing data availability, infrastructure complexity, and cost.

Rolling Updates for Managed Instance Groups | GCP PCA

29 December 2025·670 words·4 mins

Architecture Drills Google Cloud Platform GCP PCA GCP FinOps SRE Managed Instance Groups

Analyzing the safest and most operationally sound approach to deploy a non-critical update in a managed instance group.

Storage Perimeter Controls vs Access Overhead | GCP PCA

22 December 2025·746 words·4 mins

Architecture Drills Google Cloud Platform GCP PCA GCP FinOps SRE VPC Service Controls

A high-level summary of how to securely limit Cloud Storage bucket access by IP range while balancing operational complexity and security.

Firewall Logging vs Cost in VPC Security | GCP PCA

20 December 2025·712 words·4 mins

Architecture Drills Google Cloud Platform GCP PCA GCP FinOps SRE Firewall Insights Network Intelligence Center

A fintech startup must troubleshoot missing firewall insights data on their Compute Engine instances, balancing observability, cost, and IAM roles.

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