GCP Cloud's Google Compute Engine
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Starting at $0 per month GB
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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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- Security controls (45)7.373%
- Operating system support (45)7.272%
- Pre-defined machine images (44)6.262%
- Pre-configured templates (43)5.858%
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Google Compute Engine Load Balancing, a quick introduction
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RouterOS CHR deployment in Google Compute Engine (GCE) demo
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Hands on with Load Balancing on Google Compute Engine
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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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September 28, 2019
The Foundation for Cloud Processing
- Dynamic allocation of computing when we need them.
- Faster experimentation.
- Reduced time troubleshooting.
August 23, 2019
Google Cloud Engine -- a cost-benefit comparison is sorely needed. Because everything else is there.
- Because GCE is not mission-critical for us, I would not be able to speak to ROI. Since our machines and instances are almost a match, once configured, there's really no difference.
- Bean counters will be able to speak to ROI.
August 20, 2019
Excelent cloud solution
- Saves time.
- Cost management.
- Manage computing resources.
- Avoid the high costs.
- Assure business continuity
August 19, 2019
Google's Compute Engine is Good if You Like the Google Ecosystem, and Probably Even if You Don't Like Google
- Google Compute Engine has had a positive return on investment in that it has expanded the offerings of the business, and clients seem to like the shift towards Google services.
- Google Cloud Compute Engine was a poor return on investment at first because it required a good deal of effort to figure things out.
- Google Cloud Compute Engine is a positive return on investment by allowing multiple users to work on the same project in the cloud.
August 16, 2019
Ease to start, easy to maintain
- Preventing the necessity of any on-prem systems or hardware.
- Reduction in complexity from AWS. We no longer need to maintain custom images.
- Reduction in costs from AWS.
August 16, 2019
The best cloud solution
- Reduce costs
- Management the resources
- Assure redundancy
- Be in compliance with the business needs
August 12, 2019
Reliable and user-friendly IaaS platform
- We have reduced our costs with local/physical servers.
- We have improved our performance from planning to projects execution.
June 29, 2019
Google delivers
- We have been able to create server instances in regions of the US where AWS doesn't have a data center, which has allowed us to secure customers with the highest performance possible, instead of having them connect to AWS data centers much further away.
May 24, 2019
Host scalable and globally distrubuted compute systems to get best value for money in cloud
- Positive: We had good cost savings
- Positive: Very good stability and reliability compared to hosting in on-prem.
- Negative: Had to re-architect some part of the application to fit the limitations.
- Positive. Suggestions on re-configuring specs. If you aren't using all the RAM or CPU threads, suggestions are sent to re-configure your virtual machine to minimize your bill at the end of the month.
- Negative. Expensive custom machines. If you're looking for a more exact figure of RAM or CPUs, the virtual machines get quite expensive fairly quickly.
- Negative. Internet bandwidth variability. The internet bandwidth you get, from my experience, is all dependent on your luck. :(
August 17, 2018
Google does it right
- Less worry about infrastructure
- Cheaper than competitors
- Good customer support
- We don't need to hire server admins or infrastructure engineers and instead our web engineers are more than capable of maintaining all of our services.
- Fast-boot VMs and top-tier SLA mean that GCE keeps up with our fast release cycle.
- We use instance templates to quickly launch dedicated services for our clients. They are often amazed at our less than a 24-hour turnaround.
October 11, 2017
My two years experience with Google Compute Engine
- 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.
- We can spawn up almost any amount of "cores" at anytime, which is very helpful for data processing.
- GCE has had a positive impact on our ROI. We made the switch from Rackspace and saved something like 40% off our monthly VM costs.
March 29, 2017
Wonderful IaaS for small businesses with room to grow
- It's allowed us to have almost 100% up time since switching to it.
March 24, 2017
GCE - the underrated underdog of the market
- Avoid hiring DevOps Engineer (Huge positive - $200k/yr)
- Avoid building redundant infrastructure / systems - Huge positive
- Time to learn Kubernetes and the Google way - small negative
February 24, 2017
Google Compute Engine: The ONLY choice for cloud computing
- With Google Compute we don't have the overhead of managing our own data centers reducing costs and reducing the staff needed to manage systems.
- As I said earlier, Google's costs are ~1/2 of AWS, so we are able to see a ROI much faster.
September 21, 2016
Benefits of Google Cloud for bespoke green-field applications
- Positive impact by providing a solid and scalable public facing service. The investment for us is measured in how much the service is used by the public.
April 11, 2016
Google Compute Engine Review
- It has been cheaper overall to host our website.