GCP PCA

GCP PCA Drill: Database Migration Strategy - The Cutover Trade-off

16 December 2025·909 words·5 mins

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

A high-level summary and strategic analysis of migrating an on-premises MySQL application to Cloud SQL on Compute Engine with minimal downtime and data loss.

GCP PCA Drill: Cost Optimization - The Compute Engine Idle-Time Trade-off

14 December 2025·778 words·4 mins

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

A global fintech startup needs to reduce costs by managing non-production Compute Engine workloads that have different availability requirements from production.

GCP PCA Drill: Cloud Operations Autonomy - The Managed Kubernetes vs. VM Trade-off

10 December 2025·699 words·4 mins

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

This drill explores selecting a cloud environment that balances developer agility and outsourced operations autonomy with minimal operational overhead.

GCP PCA Drill: Data Privacy Compliance - The BigQuery Deletion Trade-off

9 December 2025·807 words·4 mins

Architecture Drills Google Cloud Platform GCP PCA GCP FinOps SRE BigQuery

A global sports analytics company must design a solution to efficiently process and delete sensitive user data from BigQuery upon request, balancing compliance, cost, and operational complexity.