Jumat, 29 Juni 2012

Google Debuts Compute Engine Cloud to Challenge Amazon's EC2


As rumored, Google has unveiled a new cloud product, the first to compete directly with Amazon's Web Services, particularly its Elastic Cloud Computing. The Google Compute Engine is an Infrastructure-as-a-Service offering, meaning customers get virtual servers and cluster they can rent according to use.

Google has been in the cloud game for years, but App Engine, the existing product, is a Platform-as-a-Service offering.

Compute Engine goes head to head with EC2 and Google promises that its infrastructure experience is put to good use. It also boasts that its prices, at least the promotional ones, are unmatched.

"Since 2008, we've been working to open up our infrastructure to outside developers and businesses so they can take advantage of our cloud as they build applications and websites and store and analyze data. So far this includes products like Google App Engine, Google Cloud Storage, and Google BigQuery," Google explained.

"Today, in response to many requests from developers and businesses, we're going a step further. We're introducing Google Compute Engine, an Infrastructure-as-a-Service product that lets you run Linux Virtual Machines (VMs) on the same infrastructure that powers Google," it said.

Google offers machines, running Linux of course, there's no Windows option, at least not for now, with 1, 2, 4 or 8 virtual cores, depending on your need. Each core gets 3.75 GB of RAM. That's sparse compared to Amazon, which offers bigger instances and even GPU options.

For storage, you can either use your local storage, useful only if you have one big job that needs to get done, not a continuing need.

Alternatively, you can use the persistent block device that comes with Compute Engine or Google's dedicated storage service, Cloud Storage. The service is in limited preview for now. Current pricing is listed here, but it's hard to make a direct comparison to Amazon's prices.

Via: Google Debuts Compute Engine Cloud to Challenge Amazon's EC2

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