Summary
IaaS is a major component of modern public cloud offerings. As we've seen, Compute Engine is a very powerful infrastructure as a service offering. Compute Engine provides a level of control that is unparalleled in the Google Cloud space. With rich APIs and command-line tooling, Compute Engine makes it possible to define all of your IaC.
With a wide array of both general and specialized machine types, resilient and scalable block storage solutions, and specialized hardware options, Compute Engine makes it possible to build virtual machines for virtually any application. With the addition of per-second billing, custom machine types, preemptible instances, and both sustained and committed use discounts, the cost of operating these virtual ...
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