GCP Compute Engine (12 min)

What is Compute Engine?

Google Compute Engine is GCP's Infrastructure as a Service offering that lets you create and run virtual machines on Google's infrastructure. It offers customizable machine types to match specific workload requirements.

Key Features

Compute Engine provides live migration to keep VMs running during maintenance events, per-second billing, and predefined or custom machine types, giving businesses flexibility and cost control over their compute resources.

Common Use Cases

Compute Engine is commonly used for hosting websites and applications, running batch processing jobs, and supporting high-performance computing workloads that need full control over the operating environment.