Security

4. A deployment area for Google Cloud resources within a region. (4)
5. I am an affordable compute instance suitable for batch and fault-tolerant workloads. (4)
6. I am a high performance persistent disk. Acronym(3)
7. A technology to keep your virtual machine instances running even when a host system event, such as a software or hardware update, occurs. (4,9)
9. I am dedicated to hosting only your project's VMs.(4,6)
11. A discount in return for committing to paying for Compute Engine resources for 1 year or 3 years. Acronym(3)
12. I collect telemetry from Compute Engine instances. (3,5)
13. I can speed up compute jobs. Acronym(3)
14. An automatic discount for running specific Compute Engine resources a significant portion of the billing month. Acronym(3)
15. A specific geographical location where you can host your resources. (6)
16. A licensing model that lets companies use their licenses flexibly, whether on-premise, or in the cloud. Acronym(4)

1. I am a type of storage created automatically when you create a Compute Engine instance. (4,4)
2. I will need to be created to periodically back up data from your zonal persistent disks or regional persistent disks. (8)
3. I am a Compute Engine VM running on hosts based on the second generation of AMD Epyc processors and have built-in optimization of both performance and security for enterprise-class high memory workloads. (12)
8. I run when a virtual machine (VM) instance boots. (7,6)
9. I am a type of VM that helps to protect enterprise workloads from threats like remote attacks, privilege escalation, and malicious insiders. (8)
10. A collection of virtual machine (VM) instances that you can manage as a single entity. Acronym (3)
11. I am Machine type that allows you to optimally choose a CPU and Memory configuration of your choice and not be limited to standard configurations. (8)