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Kubernetes Engine clusters are very good at being a managed cloud K8s platform - lots of documentation, features, and updates are available. It's also newbie-friendly - for both administrators and developers. Unfortunately, currently, it cannot reach true zero scale - thus, costs (rent for the service) are still involved even if you are barely using it. Thankfully, it's possible to have alternatives in Google Cloud:
Your own K8s cluster on Compute Engine VMs - you manage it completely; it will have access to a lot of Google Cloud services. Cloud Run cluster - less documented but more flexible Anthos clusters - you can use this service for a lot of types of K8s clusters - Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Run, on-prem, AWS, Azure Read full review Production ready, robust DB solution built for
Kubernetes envs, we was able, for the first time, to ship production db workloads inside k8s. Be sure to check differences with "traditional"
MySQL and other clustering solutions. Also be sure to match it with proper k8s storage solutions.
Read full review Pros Deployment of a new GKE cluster is really fast in comparison to other cloud providers. GCP is ahead other vendors and always provide the most up to date Kubernetes version. GKE automation for master upgrade and the worker nodes pool works really well. Read full review Easy and fast deployment. A reliable, fully automated, high-available db lifecycle management solution. Exaustive documentation. Production ready. Read full review Cons Not as intuitive as it could be Documentation could be better, especially for people using other Google Cloud tools Not the preferred Kubernetes Engine for many apps Read full review Some differences compared to "traditional" MySQL solution. Had some hard times trying to use it combined with pre-existing techs like WordPress, Magento, etc. The specific k8s environment features can have an impact on it, like the storage solutions offered by the cloud vendor. Read full review Usability Google Kubernetes Engine has a good UI and documentation that facilitates setup and helps get projects moving along quickly Its built-in logging integrations with StackDriver make it easier to monitor the application and log issues quickly Automated orchestration, deployment, and scaling of nodes and networking are all easily configurable with yaml files Read full review Easy and fast deployment. A reliable, fully automated, high-available db lifecycle management solution. It requires a bit of learning time for people new to operators ecosystem.
Read full review Support Rating Very good
Kubernetes distribution with a reasonable total price. Integration with storage and load balancer for ingress and services speed up every process deployment.
Read full review Well documented, there was no need to contact support.
Read full review Alternatives Considered GKE spins up new nodes a LOT faster than AKS. GKE's auto scaler runs a lot smoother than AKS. GKE has a lot more
Kubernetes features baked in natively.
Read full review For a long time we struggled finding a viable solution to migrate our existing db workloads inside
Kubernetes . Before "operators era" proper db workloads required manual management, of course that easily raised administrative overhead. Then the future started to be brighter with the introduction of operators and the "official" Oracle's
MySQL Operator, then Presslab's one, finally Percona's operator. Compared to other operators, the last one allowed us to ship production db workloads inside k8s.
Read full review Professional Services When issues came up, we reached out to some folks at GCP and they seemed to be very prompt and attentive to our needs. They were always willing to help and provide additional details or recommendations or links to resources. This kind of support is very helpful as it allows us to navigate GKE with more confidence. Read full review Return on Investment Positive: Allowed us to start and produce working software regardless of our experience level. Positive: Integration with other Google Cloud services that we wanted to use anyway. Negative: It's kinda clunky, and some scenarios seem Google Kubernetes Engine-specific instead of being more integrated with other Google Cloud services or the web UI. Read full review It allowed us to use k8s on our entire infrastructure. Decreased administrative overhead around our db services. As it is an open source technology, it cut down our db pricings. Read full review ScreenShots