Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer

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preemption notice duration

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preemption notice duration · Feature
preemption notice duration · Concept · Compute Engine

A setting for Spot VMs specifying the advance notice given before preemption (such as 120 seconds or 0 seconds).

Where this appears on the exam

1 subdomain in 1 of 5 domains

Domain 5
Optimizing performance and cost
~12% of exam
1. 5.2Implementing FinOps practices for optimizing resource utilization and costs
  - Spot virtual machines (VMs)

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Last updated October 24, 2026

Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer

Run reliable services on Google Cloud with CI/CD, site reliability engineering, and observability, and track your readiness for the Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer exam.

Advanced

Prepare and test your skills

Advanced

Prepare and test your skills

Google Cloud feature

preemption notice duration

Topic in 1 exam domain

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preemption notice duration · Feature
preemption notice duration · Concept · Compute Engine

A setting for Spot VMs specifying the advance notice given before preemption (such as 120 seconds or 0 seconds).

Where this appears on the exam

1 subdomain in 1 of 5 domains

Domain 5
Optimizing performance and cost
~12% of exam
1. 5.2Implementing FinOps practices for optimizing resource utilization and costs
  - Spot virtual machines (VMs)

How learners score on this topic

Last updated October 24, 2026