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oh neat, AWS following GCP instead of the other way around.

by skj 12y ago

curiousDog 12y ago
What is GCP?
- sciurus 12y ago
  Google Cloud Platform.
  - loco77 12y ago
    In his defence even googling GCP doesn't return that as a result on the first page. I was searching for the same thing.
    - samstave 12y ago
      GCP is largely used as the acronym for "Good Clinical Practice" and has been around a heck of a lot longer than Google.
      - spacemanmatt 12y ago
        Most acronyms (especially TLAs) get overloaded daily. Being first means next to nothing, in this space.
arthursilva 12y ago
care to explain?
- kapilvt 12y ago
  CloudSQL on gce is mysql on bigtable afaicr, its been around for a few years. EDIT: actually it looks like cloudsql might actually be a mysql.. also on gce they max out 16gb of ram and 100gb of storage
  - loco77 12y ago
    Aurora max looks like it's 64TB, that's 640 times larger, which I guess is what you're hinting at.
  - deleted 12y ago
    [deleted]
loco77 12y ago
Your profile says you work at Google...
- skj 12y ago
  I certainly do. On cloud no less. The reality is that Amazon got to market several years before Google, so GCP had some catching up to do. That trend is changing, and this is one indication.
  - loco77 12y ago
    If you're going to post your subjective opinion on something involving your employer vs a competitor it's best to include a disclaimer in future.
    - skj 12y ago
      What was the subjective opinion? "neat"? The rest was factual.
      - loco77 12y ago
        The subjective opinion was about "following" when Amazon has had relational database services for years, and the latest engine they say was under development for 3 years, not exactly something in response to goog. Irrespective of that you shouldn't be posting as joe public when in fact you are a Google employee playing cheerleader for Google products on threads about your competitors products. Keep it classy.
        skj 12y ago
        We're not talking about a relational database, we're talking about a mysql-wire-compatible database. Google BigQuery has been around for a while too. Adding "disclaimer: googler" to every post I make on HN seems pretty obnoxious to both me and anyone reading. I just didn't feel that "neat" + a fact qualified. Clearly opinions on that differ, and I'll probably just post less in the future.

oh neat, AWS following GCP instead of the other way around.

by skj 12y ago

oh neat, AWS following GCP instead of the other way around.

curiousDog 12y ago

What is GCP?

sciurus 12y ago
Google Cloud Platform.
- loco77 12y ago
  In his defence even googling GCP doesn't return that as a result on the first page. I was searching for the same thing.
  - samstave 12y ago
    GCP is largely used as the acronym for "Good Clinical Practice" and has been around a heck of a lot longer than Google.
    - spacemanmatt 12y ago
      Most acronyms (especially TLAs) get overloaded daily. Being first means next to nothing, in this space.

arthursilva 12y ago

care to explain?

kapilvt 12y ago
CloudSQL on gce is mysql on bigtable afaicr, its been around for a few years. EDIT: actually it looks like cloudsql might actually be a mysql.. also on gce they max out 16gb of ram and 100gb of storage
- loco77 12y ago
  Aurora max looks like it's 64TB, that's 640 times larger, which I guess is what you're hinting at.
- deleted 12y ago
  [deleted]

loco77 12y ago

Your profile says you work at Google...

skj 12y ago
I certainly do. On cloud no less. The reality is that Amazon got to market several years before Google, so GCP had some catching up to do. That trend is changing, and this is one indication.
- loco77 12y ago
  If you're going to post your subjective opinion on something involving your employer vs a competitor it's best to include a disclaimer in future.
  - skj 12y ago
    What was the subjective opinion? "neat"? The rest was factual.
    - loco77 12y ago
      The subjective opinion was about "following" when Amazon has had relational database services for years, and the latest engine they say was under development for 3 years, not exactly something in response to goog. Irrespective of that you shouldn't be posting as joe public when in fact you are a Google employee playing cheerleader for Google products on threads about your competitors products. Keep it classy.
      - skj 12y ago
        We're not talking about a relational database, we're talking about a mysql-wire-compatible database. Google BigQuery has been around for a while too. Adding "disclaimer: googler" to every post I make on HN seems pretty obnoxious to both me and anyone reading. I just didn't feel that "neat" + a fact qualified. Clearly opinions on that differ, and I'll probably just post less in the future.