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Computing without limits via Google Developers Blog by Scott Knaster on
6/28/12

By Craig McLuckie, Product Manager, Google Compute Engine

Over the years, Google has built some of the most high performing,
scalable and efficient data centers in the world by constantly refining
our hardware and software. Since 2008, we've been working to open up
our infrastructure to outside developers and businesses so they can
take advantage of our cloud as they build applications and websites and
store and analyze data. So far this includes products like Google App
Engine, Google Cloud Storage, and Google BigQuery.

Today, in response to many requests from developers and businesses,
we're going a step further. We're introducing Google Compute Engine, an
Infrastructure-as-a-Service product that lets you run Linux Virtual
Machines (VMs) on the same infrastructure that powers Google. This goes
beyond just giving you greater flexibility and control; access to
computing resources at this scale can fundamentally change the way you
think about tackling a problem.

Google Compute Engine offers:

- Scale. At Google we tackle huge computing tasks all the time, like
indexing the web, or handling billions of search queries a day. Using
Google's data centers, Google Compute Engine reduces the time to scale
up for tasks that require large amounts of computing power. You can
launch enormous compute clusters - tens of thousands of cores or more.

- Performance. Many of you have learned to live with erratic
performance in the cloud. We have built our systems to offer strong and
consistent performance even at massive scale. For example, we have
sophisticated network connections that ensure consistency. Even in a
shared cloud you don’t see interruptions; you can tune your app and
rely on it not degrading.

- Value. Computing in the cloud is getting even more appealing from a
cost perspective. The economy of scale and efficiency of our data
centers allows Google Compute Engine to give you 50% more compute for
your money than with other leading cloud providers. You can see pricing
details here.

The capabilities of Google Compute Engine include:

- Compute. Launch Linux VMs on-demand. 1, 2, 4 and 8 virtual core VMs
are available with 3.75GB RAM per virtual core.

- Storage. Store data on local disk, on our new persistent block
device, or on our Internet-scale object store, Google Cloud Storage.

- Network. Connect your VMs together using our high-performance network
technology to form powerful compute clusters and manage connectivity to
the Internet with configurable firewalls.

- Tooling. Configure and control your VMs via a scriptable command line
tool or web UI. Or you can create your own dynamic management system
using our API.


At launch, we have worked with a number of partners - such as
RightScale, Puppet Labs, OpsCode, Numerate, Cliqr and MapR - to
integrate their products with Google Compute Engine. These partners
offer management services that make it easy for you to move your
applications to the cloud and between different cloud environments.

You can learn more about Google Compute Engine here. We’re going to
pace ourselves and start with Google Compute Engine in limited preview
(sign up here), but our goal is to give you all the pieces you need to
build anything you want in the cloud. Whether you need a platform like
Google App Engine, or virtual machines like Google Compute Engine,
these days, you define your limits. We’re just at the start of what the
cloud can do.


Craig McLuckie is the Product Management Lead for Google Compute
Engine. He spends his days working with an amazing engineering team to
open Google’s infrastructure to the world.

Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

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