Deployment Manager is an infrastructure deployment service that automates the creation and management of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) resources for you. The Cloud Deployment Manager is now on Version 2. If you are from an AWS background, GCP deployment manager is similar to CloudFormation, but a lot easier to use!...
Enhancing Cloud Monitoring with Google Cloud Stackdriver: An Up-to-Date Overview Note: In 2023, Google renamed Stack Driver to Google Operations. Monitoring and managing resources efficiently is critical to ensuring seamless operations and delivering a top-notch user experience. Google Cloud Stackdriver offers comprehensive metrics and analytics for both Google Cloud Platform...
Google Cloud Platform’s (GCP) BigTable is a testament to the evolution of database technology. As a fully managed, highly available, and blazingly fast NoSQL database, BigTable stands out in the vast landscape of GCP’s offerings. It’s no wonder that Google itself relies on BigTable for its flagship product, Gmail. But...
Google’s Cloud Datastore is a database platform that applications access directly through API calls, most commonly via the Google App Engine. Google is in the process of replacing Google Cloud Datastore with Google Cloud Firestore. Think of Firestore as the next-generation version. When you choose the versions you want, it...
Google Cloud Spanner is a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), a strongly consistent, highly scalable database solution from Google. Did you know there is an open-source version of GCP Cloud Spanner available on GitHub called Cockroachdb? Google used Cloud Spanner for their entire advert revenue process, pay-per-click, and costings. This...
.Google Cloud Platform offers cloud storage solutions that are petabyte-scale and incredibly scalable. This storage primarily uses NFS attached object storage which is ideal for unstructured data. Choosing Your Storage Type: Data needs vary, and so should your storage solutions. GCP presents you with two robust options, letting you decide...
What is Google Cloud Shell? If you’re a developer, you know how important it is to have a reliable and efficient environment for coding. Google Cloud Shell is a web-based development environment that provides developers with a fully managed instance of the Google Cloud Platform. It allows you to access...
Note: Velostrata is now called Migrate for Compute Engine and is exclusively available for customers of the Google Cloud Platform. What is Velostrata? Velostrata is a software platform that is designed to migrate large-scale, enterprise-grade workloads and transfer them into the Google Cloud Platform. Velostrata works with virtual workloads from...
Google App Engine is a fully-managed platform that enables developers to build and deploy web applications and mobile backends without worrying about managing the underlying infrastructure. App Engine provides a scalable, reliable, secure environment for building applications and supports various programming languages and frameworks. With App Engine, developers can focus...
GCP GCE Auto Scaling is a feature that allows you to automatically adjust the number of Compute Engine instances running in a managed instance group based on changes in traffic or other application-specific metrics. This helps you ensure that you have enough resources available to handle traffic spikes or increased...
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