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A company is developing an application that requires storing images in a Cloud Storage bucket and needs to generate thumbnails as well as resize the images automatically. They are looking for a Google-managed service that can automatically scale up and down to zero with minimal effort. Which Google Cloud Platform (GCP) service would you recommend for this scenario?
Explanation:
Correct Answer: Cloud Functions.
Cloud Functions is Google Cloud's event-driven serverless compute platform that automatically scales based on the load and requires no additional configuration. It is ideal for tasks like image processing where you pay only for the resources used.
While other options such as Google Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, and Google App Engine support autoscaling, they require explicit configuration based on the load and do not offer the simplicity of scaling up or down to zero as seamlessly as Cloud Functions.
Reference: Cloud Functions Documentation