FinOps

Private Access from Cloud Run to GKE API | GCP ACE

1 January 2026·770 words·4 mins

Architecture Drills Google Cloud Platform GCP ACE GCP FinOps SRE Cloud Run GKE

Explore a fintech startup’s challenge to securely connect a Cloud Run service to a GKE API endpoint using best-practice Google Cloud architecture approaches.

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.

Windows File Share Migration Trade-offs | SAA-C03

1 January 2026·1138 words·6 mins

Architecture Drills AWS SAA-C03 FinOps Decision Matrix FSx for Windows File Server S3 File Gateway EFS Windows Workloads

This drill explores the critical decision between native Windows compatibility (FSx) vs. protocol translation (S3 File Gateway) vs. POSIX-only systems (EFS) when migrating legacy Windows file shares to AWS cloud storage.

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.

Hybrid Migration SLA vs Cost Trade-offs | SAP-C02

31 December 2025·1230 words·6 mins

Architecture Drills AWS SAP-C02 FinOps Decision Matrix EC2 Spot Instances High Availability Capacity Reservation

Migrating a mission-critical analytics platform with mixed workload profiles (SLA-bound scheduled jobs + best-effort user tasks) requires a strategic balance between On-Demand capacity reservations and Spot instance cost savings across multi-AZ deployment.

S3 Compliance Storage Trade-offs | SAA-C03

30 December 2025·822 words·4 mins

Architecture Drills AWS SAA-C03 FinOps Decision Matrix Amazon S3 S3 Object Lock S3 Glacier Compliance Data Lifecycle

Learn how to architect compliant, immutable storage for regulatory data using S3 lifecycle policies, Glacier Deep Archive, and Object Lock—while optimizing costs across a 10-year retention window.

Pick EFS vs EBS vs S3 for Shared Files | SAA-C03

30 December 2025·1164 words·6 mins

Architecture Drills AWS AWS SAA-C03 FinOps Decision Matrix Amazon EFS Amazon EBS Amazon S3 Storage Architecture Auto Scaling

When migrating file-heavy applications to AWS, the choice between EFS, EBS, and S3 isn’t just about storage—it’s about understanding shared access patterns, scalability models, and operational overhead. This drill dissects the critical trade-offs.

Project Isolation vs Shared Resources | GCP ACE

30 December 2025·613 words·3 mins

Architecture Drills Google Cloud Platform GCP ACE GCP FinOps SRE Project Management IAM

A marketing and sales data project scenario that illustrates why isolated Google Cloud Projects are critical to managing permissions and resources independently.

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.

NLB Static IP for HA TCP Service Trade-offs | SAP-C02

30 December 2025·1428 words·7 mins

Architecture Drills AWS AWS SAP-C02 FinOps Decision Matrix Network Load Balancer Elastic IP High Availability TCP Protocol Route 53

This SAP-C02 scenario explores how to architect a multi-AZ, internet-facing TCP service with fixed IP addresses for client whitelisting. The challenge lies in balancing NLB capabilities, Elastic IP allocation strategies, and DNS configuration while maintaining cost efficiency and operational simplicity.