Computing Components of Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud Platform is a suite of cloud computing services that includes compute, storage, and networking services designed to meet the needs of a wide range of cloud computing customers. Small businesses may be attracted to virtual machines (VMs) and storage services. Large businesses and other sizable organizations may be more interested in access to highly scalable clusters of VMs, a variety of relational and NoSQL databases, specialized networking services, and advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities.
This chapter provides an overview of many of GCP’s services. The breadth of services available in the GCP continues to grow. By the time you read this, Google may be offering additional services. Most of the services can be grouped into several core categories.
- Computing resources
- Storage resources
- Databases
- Networking services
- Identity management and security
- Development tools
- Management tools
- Specialized...
