High Performance, Scalable Cloud Computing with Seamless Integration with other Google Services.
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What is Google Compute Engine?
Google Compute Engine is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) product from Google Cloud. It provides virtual machines with carbon-neutral infrastructure which run on the same data centers that Google itself uses.
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- Operating system support (47)7.272%
- Pre-defined machine images (46)6.262%
- Pre-configured templates (45)5.858%
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Google Compute Engine Load Balancing, a quick introduction
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What is Google Compute Engine?
Virtual machines for any workload
Online VMs on high-performance, reliable cloud infrastructure offered on preset or custom machine types for web servers, databases, or AI.
Includes one e2-micro VM instance, up to 30 GB storage, and up to 1 GB of outbound data transfers free per month.
Preset and custom configurations
Prebuilt samples called Jump Start Solutions can be used to deploy an application in minutes, such as a dynamic website, load-balanced VM, Java application, three-tier web app, or ecommerce web app.
Offers predefined machine types, sizes, and configurations for any workload, from large enterprise applications, to modern workloads (like containers) or AI/ML projects that require GPUs and TPUs.
For more flexibility, a custom machine type between 1 and 96 vCPUs with up to 8.0 GB of memory per core can be created. Also offers many block storage options, from flexible Persistent Disk to high performance and low-latency Local SSD.
Industry-leading reliability
Compute Engine boasts strong single instance compute availability SLA: 99.95% availability for memory-optimized VMs and 99.9% for all other VM families. Offers live migration to maintain workload continuity during planned and unplanned events. When a VM goes down, Compute Engine performs a live migration to another host in the same zone.
Automations and recommendations for resource efficiency
VMs can be added automatically to handle peak load and replace underperforming instances with managed instance groups.
Resources can be manually adjusted using historical data with rightsizing recommendations, or capacity for planned demand spikes can be guaranteed with future reservations. All of Google's latest compute instances (C3, A3, H3) run on Titanium, a system of purpose-built microcontrollers and tiered scale-out offloads to improve infrastructure performance, life cycle management, and security.
Pricing and discounting
Google offers detailed pricing guidance for any VM type or configuration, and a pricing calculator to get a personalized estimate.
To save on batch jobs and fault-tolerant workloads, Spot VMs are offered to reduce costs. Automatic discounts for sustained use are offered, or up to 70% off when signing up for committed use discounts.
Security controls and configurations
Encrypts data-in-use and while it’s being processed with Confidential VMs.
Defends against rootkits and bootkits with Shielded VMs.
Meets compliance standards for data residency, sovereignty, access, and encryption with Assured Workloads.
Google Compute Engine Features
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Features
- Supported: Dynamic scaling
- Supported: Elastic load balancing
- Supported: Pre-configured templates
- Supported: Pre-defined machine images
- Supported: Operating system support
- Supported: Security controls
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Google Compute Engine Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Google Compute Engine is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) product from Google Cloud. It provides virtual machines with carbon-neutral infrastructure which run on the same data centers that Google itself uses.
Google Compute Engine starts at $0.
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) are common alternatives for Google Compute Engine.
Reviewers rate Dynamic scaling highest, with a score of 8.3.
The most common users of Google Compute Engine are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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April 26, 2024
High Performance, Scalable Cloud Computing with Seamless Integration with other Google Services.
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8.7
April 25, 2024
My Review on Google's Compute Engine
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8.3
April 23, 2024
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9.0
April 17, 2024
A Robust and Scalable Cloud Infrastructure Solution. Improve Performance and Cost-Effectiveness of Our Applications.
Score 10 out of 10
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9.7
April 17, 2024
Easier Way to Create Client Apps
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8.8
April 11, 2024
Google Compute Engine Review
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7.7
April 01, 2024
Google Compute Engine || Alternate to AWS EC2
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6.2
March 30, 2024
Highly Available and Cost Effective Cloud Provider
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8.3
Score 10 out of 10
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80%
8.0
March 20, 2024
Google Compute Engine is Amazing!
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8.2
March 20, 2024
High productivity and good ROI with unique services
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6.8
March 15, 2024
Google Cloud Engine - A powerful IAAS solution
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8.3
March 12, 2024
How Google Compute Engine helped us save money
Score 8 out of 10
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8.3
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5.5
March 11, 2024
There are pros and cons...
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3.7
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8.0
March 11, 2024
Great for Auto Scaling
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7.8
March 11, 2024
Perfect for rapid developments and scalability
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7.5
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7.0
April 27, 2021
Compute Engine supports all of our needs
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7.6
April 09, 2021
Google Compute Engine. It's good.
86.25%
8.6
April 23, 2020
Why GCE can be considered as a DR multicloud scenario
70%
7.0