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Google Cloud Platform for Architects

By : Vitthal Srinivasan, Loonycorn Ravi, Judy Raj
Book Image

Google Cloud Platform for Architects

By: Vitthal Srinivasan, Loonycorn Ravi, Judy Raj

Overview of this book

Using a public cloud platform was considered risky a decade ago, and unconventional even just a few years ago. Today, however, use of the public cloud is completely mainstream - the norm, rather than the exception. Several leading technology firms, including Google, have built sophisticated cloud platforms, and are locked in a fierce competition for market share. The main goal of this book is to enable you to get the best out of the GCP, and to use it with confidence and competence. You will learn why cloud architectures take the forms that they do, and this will help you become a skilled high-level cloud architect. You will also learn how individual cloud services are configured and used, so that you are never intimidated at having to build it yourself. You will also learn the right way and the right situation in which to use the important GCP services. By the end of this book, you will be able to make the most out of Google Cloud Platform design.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Logging and Monitoring

More on working with GCE VMs

In this section, we will explore the various features that the GCE offers. Each one of the features described is important, so do stay tuned.

Rightsizing recommendations

In the on-premise world, it pays to over-provision. If you need a server of capacity X today, you're best off buying one with a capacity of 1.5X—if only to not have to deal with finance and procurement all over again in a year's time.

When you switch to the cloud though, if you don't adjust that mindset, you might end up with sticker shock. On the cloud, remember that you can scale both up and down.

That's where the recommendations from GCE come in handy. Compute Engine provides machine type recommendations...