Chapter 4Designing Compute Systems

Google Cloud Platform offers several kinds of compute resources that provide varying levels of controls, features, and management support. In this chapter, we will discuss the foundations of designing compute systems. This begins with understanding several compute services:

  • Compute Engine
  • App Engine
  • Cloud Functions
  • Cloud Run
  • Kubernetes Engine
  • Anthos

Each of these six services serves different use cases, although there are use cases that would benefit from using two or more of these services. Knowing ...

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