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It doesn't make sense to me that sharing these details necessarily improves the reputation of GCP. The point of cloud platforms is that you don't have to know o
by surfmike 11y ago
It doesn't make sense to me that sharing these details necessarily improves the reputation of GCP. The point of cloud platforms is that you don't have to know or think about how the server racks are made or stored.
- justicezyx 11y agoWhy would you choose GCP over AWS at this point? Other than the potential that in the near future GCP can provide services that are cheaper, more reliable, and more performant (note that none of these are true today).
- vgt 11y agoJust yesterday Quizlet posted a long expose that, in their opinions, shows that GCP is cheaper, more reliable (live migration), more performant than AWS, with details to boot: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11260137 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11260137 And last month Spotify did the same thing. The price differences between EC2 and GCE, especially with Custom VMs, is massive. Up to 40% according to this: http://www.zdnet.com/article/what-google-says-to-aws-price-cuts-our-cloud-is-still-way-cheaper/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/what-google-says-to-aws-price-c...