Advanced Compute Strategy and Optimization Questions

Covers evaluation and optimization of compute infrastructure choices and configurations. Topics include selecting between virtual machines, containers and managed container services, and serverless function platforms; sizing and instance type decisions; cost models including reserved and spot pricing versus on demand; scaling behaviors and auto scaling configuration; cold start and latency trade offs for serverless; hybrid and multi model architectures and when to combine compute models; performance tuning, resource isolation and placement, monitoring and observability for compute resources, and strategies for cost optimization and reliability at scale.