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Google Cloud Platform Finland, No National Connectivity

• jasonvorhe 8y ago
  That cpuid is pretty shocking. Looks like they're using hardware that was initially introduced in 2012 and isn't being sold anymore since 2015.
  • alex-mohr 8y ago
    The cpuid is virtualized and reports virtual hardware so that compatibility and consistency across regions are maintained. The actual hardware is likely much more recent, and GCE allows you some control over which version is used and reported: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/specify-min-cpu-platform https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/specify-min-...
  • dajonker 8y ago
    According to the Google Cloud Compute documentation [1] the VMs usable by customers are run on Skylake processors. [1] https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/regions-zones/ https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/regions-zones/
• AnssiH 8y ago
  Yeah, have noticed the same. From my home connection in Tampere, Finland http://www.gcping.com/ http://www.gcping.com/ shows 34ms to Frankfurt and 64ms to Finland region.
  • alexchamberlain 8y ago
    That's a really interesting site. I happen to be reading this in Mauritius, and the "closest" data center (using the classical Ping metric) is London; I guess that's the old trade routes in action.
  • tuukkah 8y ago
    In Helsinki, I'm seeing (on Telia 4G) the Finland region quickest at 50ms and the rest >60ms. Similarily on DNA cable, the Finland region is quickest at 42ms and the rest >55ms. Perhaps they peer with (some of) the ISPs but not (yet) with other DCs? "Designed for Speed - Hosting applications in the new region can improve latencies by up to 65% for end-users in the Nordics and by up to 88% for end-users in Eastern Europe, compared to hosting them in the previously closest region." https://cloud.google.com/about/locations/finland/ https://cloud.google.com/about/locations/finland/