Professional Cloud Architect – Google Cloud Certification Guide

Interconnects

Interconnect is a layer 2 connectivity method that incurs a monthly cost. You would use it when you need low latency and highly available connectivity between GCP and your on-premise network and you are planning for large data transfers.

It comes in two flavors, as follows:

• Dedicated Interconnect: Connection established with Google Edge
• Partner Interconnect: Connection established with the Google Partner network

The connections can be scaled by introducing multiple links. For a dedicated interconnect, each connection delivers 10 Gbps. Up to eight connections can be created, giving us a maximum of 80 Gbps total per interconnect. With Partner Interconnect connections, bandwidth ranges from 50 Mbps to 10 Gbps. Interconnect comes ...