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Google Compute Engine

Overview

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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Popular Features

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  • Operating system support (38)
    7.2
    72%
  • Security controls (38)
    6.8
    68%
  • Pre-defined machine images (37)
    5.7
    57%
  • Pre-configured templates (36)
    5.0
    50%

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Pricing

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Preemptible Price - Predefined Memory

0.000892 / GB

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Three-year commitment price - Predefined Memory

$0.001907 / GB

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One-year commitment price - Predefined Memory

$0.002669 / GB

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Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://cloud.google.com/compute/pricin…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $0 GB
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Product Demos

Google Compute Engine Load Balancing, a quick introduction

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Computing with Google Compute Engine

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RouterOS CHR deployment in Google Compute Engine (GCE) demo

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Creating Custom Images for Google Compute Engine

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Hands on with Load Balancing on Google Compute Engine

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Features

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

IaaS provides the basic building blocks for an IT infrastructure like servers, storage, and networking, in an on-demand model over the Internet

6.7
Avg 8.1
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Product Details

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.

Predefined Machine Types
Virtual machine configurations for micro instances to instances with up to 160 vCPUs and 3.75 TB of memory

Custom Machine Types
Or create and customized, virtual machines with the shape (i.e. vCPU and memory) needed for each project

Persistent Disks
Network storage, up to 64 TB in size, can be attached to VMs as persistent disks. Create persistent disks in HDD or SSD formats. If a VM instance is terminated, its persistent disk retains data and can be attached to another instance. Take snapshots create new persistent disks from that snapshot.

Local SSD
Always-encrypted local solid-state drive (SSD) block storage. Local SSDs are physically attached to the server hosting the virtual machine instance. Local SSD sizes up to 3 TB are available for any VM with at least 1 vCPU.

Global Load Balancing
Distributes incoming requests across pools of instances across multiple regions.

Batch Processing
For running large compute and batch jobs using Preemptible VMs. Features fixed pricing and no contracts or reservations. Activated by checking a box when creating the VM, and then they can be turned off when the work is done.

Containers
For running, managing, and orchestrating Docker containers directly on Compute Engine VMs or with Google Kubernetes Engine.

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

Google Compute Engine Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

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 $0.004237.

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 8.4.

The most common users of Google Compute Engine are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Sazzad Hossain Sharkar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Incentivized
Google Compute Engine is for maintaining our organizational department wise projects such as online training applications, online student registrations, blog posts, tutorials, etc.

We need to separate our organization projects in the various department because these applications are developed for solving several problems for filtered users. Google Compute Engine is used for hosting our online students' maintenance and other related tasks.
  • Google Compute Engine gives us easy ability to maintain the servers including live statistics about what is going on.
  • Easy single click to extend server system including network changing. Easy to clone servers between multiple regions.
  • Google Compute Engine has one-click installer (pre-built) applications including Bitnami launchpad.
  • Easy to integrate with cloud storage and backup periodically source codes and database to storage facility
  • Sometimes it is hard to remember the settings menus because these are separated into various sections.
  • Inviting external users to projects or maintainers are also a little complex
  • Server images have limited facilities. I mean some of the sections are disabled and had to be re-enabled on my own. Especially for Debian or Ubuntu images.
  • SMTP service is disabled by system and needs to be configured Postfix on my own.
  • UI is little complicated.
If anyone, especially developers, whom are a newbie, they can quickly launch pre-built servers with desired applications easily. The projects come with the git repository that can rapidly be installed with a few single clicks.

If you have good experience, you can make a bridge to back up the project source codes or files to cloud storage quickly by doing some little functioning. There are manuals online for working with GCE

Non experienced Google Cloud Compute users will have some extra work when creating a new server. Must have to build it by oneself.
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (8)
91.25%
9.1
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
100%
10.0
Dynamic scaling
80%
8.0
Elastic load balancing
80%
8.0
Pre-configured templates
100%
10.0
Monitoring tools
90%
9.0
Pre-defined machine images
100%
10.0
Operating system support
90%
9.0
Security controls
90%
9.0
  • Google Compute Engine's startup prices are quite reasonable to get started.
  • Started with $300 free credits that help to sustain the business structure.
  • Our primary servers hosted at our nearest locations that help to reduce time to load. Also getting good feedback from users server speed is overall because of closest location.
  • Digital Ocean
Pricing scale is good. Google Cloud Compute provides additional facilities free of cost (limited storage). Received one year free credits to get started. Nearest regions are available. Others amenities including free repository service available. UI is modern and fast to load. Google is the most significant company right now. So we have trust and satisfaction of use.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), DigitalOcean, OpenShift
4
Student management system, live training facility, maintaining network and server infrastructure, etc.
4
Linux operating system knowledge, cloud service infrastructure experience, networking good knowledge, Git repository experience, etc.
  • Student management system
  • Online training service
  • Blog/ Tutorial submission
  • NoSQL database service
  • Storing data only
  • Cloud Storage facility
Overall services are good to go. Received good feedback from users. Have regional server locations. It has free extra service included.
  • Migration
  • Pre-built application images
  • Browser-based SSH connection facility.
  • Setup the pre-built images with my own modifications
  • Understanding monthly prices after sustained discount
Yes
It's fit very well. Although I have tested with my Android device that is showing well as expected.
Interface design is good. Have the most up-to-date applications. Third party integration is available. Have the authority to modify it myself.
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