Google White Paper: Understanding Google Cloud Platform Architecture Abstract Google Cloud Platform is Google’s public cloud offering that is comparable to Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure. GCP is built on Google’s vast, cutting-edge infrastructure which handles all traffic and work of all Google users. There is a wide range of services available in GCP ranging from Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) to completely managed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). We will be discussing the infrastructure components available and how they can provide a strong and flexible foundation upon which to build your applications. Sample Google Compute Engine (Virtual Machines). Hosted virtual machines (VMs) are often the first thing people think about when moving to the cloud. GCP offers many ways to run your apps, such as App Engine Container Engine or Cloud Functions. However, VMs offer developers and architects the most straightforward transition to the cloud. Google Compute Engine (GCE), supports both Linux and Windows virtual machines. You can either use Google-maintained images to provision VMs, or import images from your existing infrastructure. A common practice is to create a new image using the VM from an image that you have created. This creates a pre-baked image that you can quickly deploy, without waiting for the software to install before the VM can start doing valuable work. Another strategy is to put a common set or tools into an image. This will allow you to quickly create a “golden image” that you can share with your development teams for their applications. There are many cost-saving strategies that can help you save a lot of money on cloud infrastructure and applications. Preemptible instances, for example, is a unique feature that can reduce the cost of running a VM up to 80 percent. Preemptible instances are a normal VM, except that Google can decide it has the capacity back and delete it without asking. This is possible if your applications are fault-tolerant and can lose a node without interruption. Common use cases include having a number of preemptible VMs that are all working on the same tasks. If one VM is deleted during a task, the work is shifted over to another VM. GCP also offers cost-saving features such as per-minute billing and committed use discounts. Sustained use discounts are also available. These features will be of great value to cloud architects who want to optimize their GCP costs for their company. Download – Bounce House Rentals Plano