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I don't get it. Why use Google at all? There are tons of better things out there.

by some_account 8y ago

gruez 8y ago
its pricing is pretty good, at least for VMs.
simooooo 8y ago
What's better in your opinion?
dewey 8y ago
I’d say that really depends on what you need. If you want a full platform with a lot of integrated services there’s really only GCP, AWS, Azure, Tencent, AliBaba and maybe something else I forgot. So I wouldn’t say it’s a ton of better things that are available. Sure if you only need a bunch of VMs you have a lot of options.
- laegooose 8y ago
  I had AliCloud experience similar to OP but they gave me 24 hour deadline. "We have temporarily closed your Alibaba Cloud account due to suspicious activity. Please provide the following information within [24 hours] by email to compliance_support@aliyun.com in order to reopen your account: ... If you fail to provide this information your account will be permanently closed, and we may take other appropriate and lawful measurers. Best regards, Alibaba Cloud Customer Service Center " I provided the documents in ~30 hours because that's when I saw the email. There was no further communication from Alibaba. I assumed everything is ok, but in 2 weeks my account was terminated.
- whitexn--g28h 8y ago
  Triton cloud! Joyent has a wonderful service that allows setting up multi-cloud environments.
halbritt 8y ago
GCP's managed Kubernetes product is superior to EKS and AKS. I personally prefer using their API and tools over AWS. They seem more sensible. Azure is horrible. GCP offers inter-region networking and more sensible firewalls and routers. Pricing is pretty comparable to AWS, slightly better for instances, slightly worse for storage. Storage performance for persistent SSD seems a little better than EBS GP2. Cheap local disks on any kind of instance.
- thickice 8y ago
  Do you know if gcp firewall has limits on the number of rules and what those limits are ?
  - halbritt 8y ago
    I'm sure there's a limit, but I don't see anything that's published. I, for one, wouldn't ever want to operate a firewall with enough rules where I'd have to be concerned about such a thing. Eek.
manigandham 8y ago
For managed services, there are better options. For just VMs with the fastest CPU, storage, networking and the easiest billing compared to other major clouds, GCP wins.

I don't get it. Why use Google at all? There are tons of better things out there.

gruez 8y ago

its pricing is pretty good, at least for VMs.

simooooo 8y ago

What's better in your opinion?

dewey 8y ago

I’d say that really depends on what you need. If you want a full platform with a lot of integrated services there’s really only GCP, AWS, Azure, Tencent, AliBaba and maybe something else I forgot. So I wouldn’t say it’s a ton of better things that are available. Sure if you only need a bunch of VMs you have a lot of options.

laegooose 8y ago
I had AliCloud experience similar to OP but they gave me 24 hour deadline. "We have temporarily closed your Alibaba Cloud account due to suspicious activity. Please provide the following information within [24 hours] by email to compliance_support@aliyun.com in order to reopen your account: ... If you fail to provide this information your account will be permanently closed, and we may take other appropriate and lawful measurers. Best regards, Alibaba Cloud Customer Service Center " I provided the documents in ~30 hours because that's when I saw the email. There was no further communication from Alibaba. I assumed everything is ok, but in 2 weeks my account was terminated.
whitexn--g28h 8y ago
Triton cloud! Joyent has a wonderful service that allows setting up multi-cloud environments.

halbritt 8y ago

GCP's managed Kubernetes product is superior to EKS and AKS. I personally prefer using their API and tools over AWS. They seem more sensible. Azure is horrible. GCP offers inter-region networking and more sensible firewalls and routers. Pricing is pretty comparable to AWS, slightly better for instances, slightly worse for storage. Storage performance for persistent SSD seems a little better than EBS GP2. Cheap local disks on any kind of instance.

thickice 8y ago
Do you know if gcp firewall has limits on the number of rules and what those limits are ?
- halbritt 8y ago
  I'm sure there's a limit, but I don't see anything that's published. I, for one, wouldn't ever want to operate a firewall with enough rules where I'd have to be concerned about such a thing. Eek.

manigandham 8y ago

For managed services, there are better options. For just VMs with the fastest CPU, storage, networking and the easiest billing compared to other major clouds, GCP wins.