Introduction to gcp
- 1. Cloud Computing & Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Someone developed a social media application and hosted it on a server. After some time, the users increased to a thousand resulting into crash of the system. You may guess what he would do? Yes! Get a new server with the required configuration to handle more users. Is this an efficient solution? Of course not. Scaling would be such a headache. Here comes the solution of Cloud computing. Ok! Now if we talk about large companies let’s say IBM, they can allocate several compute facilities for their future needs, i.e., they are self-sufficient in this sector. But what to do with the systems that are recently not in use? Then they might give them to other companies on rent for a specific time which will be cheap for these companies and the source of income for IBM. This is called Timesharing which is the core of the concept of Cloud. What is Cloud? Cloud helps you in spending more time in development rather than managing. Cloud is divided into three set of tools: Infrastructure as a service, Platform as a service and Software as a service.
- 2. Infrastructure as a Service It is related to the timesharing of hardware (Infrastructure) like Computer and Hard disk. If you want any desired specification computer, you can just make use of Infrastructure as a Service. Use it and pay only for what you use. Platform as a Service It can be described as providing the scalable infrastructure which means the service provider will ask the customer to write some code and they will be provided with the number of compute resources according to the scope of the application. This will provide the solution with no worries about the scaling of infrastructure. Software as a Service These are the services that the user can utilize according to the needs, i.e., no need for any code or extra hardware. Like, Google drive, Google box, etc. Google Cloud Google Cloud is the mixture of GCP and G Suite. Google Cloud Platform (GCP) includes infrastructure and Platform as a Service whereas G Suite provides Software as a Service. So, what is GCP? It is a Cloud Computing plartform provided by Google. GCP offers you the tools for: Running code Store data Data Migration Networking Monitoring IoT Building API Security and Administration within the platform Google provides some tools on free tier and some on cost depending on the use. Its storage prices average is 21% less than AWS. GCP in the real world Ocado is a large online grocery store. They use Google Cloud platform to handle their online grocery transactions and storing customer and transaction details. Pizza Hut uses GCP for their data security purpose. The Bloomberg Terminal provides real-time financial market data for trading and decision-making to financial market participants. Their customers need transparency,
- 3. speed, and global access. Google Cloud Translation helps them to share their global market view as widely as possible. PayPal uses Google Cloud Platform because it has the fastest network in terms of throughput, bandwidth, and latency. Its global backbone is also vital for them because they operate in hundreds of countries around the world. Being a student, employee or businessman, everyone utilizes the services provided by Google in any form. If you are deciding to run an online store or you are involved in any social media application, not just that! Any machine learning model deployment or in short any project that involves compute resources. You may opt for the services provided by Google Cloud. Save your time by spending some money! Invest your time on creating valuable solutions and products than spending it on managing your projects.