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Why We Moved from AWS to Google Cloud(lugassy.net)
7 points by vgt 10y ago|2 comments
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In-memory query execution in BigQuery and Dremel(cloud.google.com)
6 points by vgt 10y ago|0 comments
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by vgt 10y ago
I can speak for Google, not AWS or Azure. Google's network is smart in several ways: - If you are trying to send a packet from one Google AZ to another, it will traverse Google network only, never hitting the public web.. without a VPN
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Support for Python in Cloud Dataflow Is Going Beta(cloud.google.com)
3 points by vgt 10y ago|0 comments
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by vgt 10y ago
I found my experience at Google to be different. While you have your primary job, and that's what you are judged on, you are free to experiment, innovate, create, and so forth, and Google is very good at recognizing self-started impact
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by vgt 10y ago
Perhaps you can take a look at some folks who've done this with great success: https://cloud.google.com/customers/sharethis/ https://youtu.be/6Nv18xmJirs?t=8m7s
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A simple cost comparison between EC2 and GCE(thehftguy.wordpress.com)
1 points by vgt 10y ago|0 comments
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by vgt 10y ago
Sure, but I wasn't offering an opinion, rather a link :)
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by vgt 10y ago
Quizlet detailed their impressions of EC2 and GCE, and ultimately went with Google: https://quizlet.com/blog/whats-the-best-cloud-probably-gcp
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by vgt 10y ago
I think OP's chief argument is that "serverless" is monopolized by AWS Lambda and the like, and probably unfairly. The answer is that Cloud Functions and AppEngine fulfill different use cases. There's clearly room for bo
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by vgt 10y ago
Oh buzzwords... We've been discussing Google BigQuery as serverless lately. It's a nice succinct way of saying "fully-managed" + "no-ops" + "no resource deployment" + "seamless scaling" + &q
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Are Corporate Data Centers Obsolete in the Cloud Era?(forbes.com)
1 points by vgt 10y ago|0 comments
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by vgt 10y ago
tweet at me @thetinot
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by vgt 10y ago
There's really no direct open source equivalent, since BigQuery is a multi-tenant serverless database (more at https://cloud.google.com/blog/big-data/2016/01/bigquery-unde... ). That said, there are
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by vgt 10y ago
Right on! Check out this as well: https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/public-data/ https://www.reddit.com/r/bigquery/wiki/datasets
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by vgt 10y ago
Minor correction: Snapchat runs on GAE, not GCE. PaaS, not IaaS, so nearly EVERYTHING is taken care of. Something like this is impossible on AWS without pre-warming, pre-setup, or maybe even calling someone - https://www.youtube.
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by vgt 10y ago
Snapchat runs almost entirely on Google AppEngine. They deploy code and leverage APIs. Their millions of QPS and vast CPU, RAM, etc usage is managed fully by Google Cloud. You can certainly replicate their scale on AWS/Azure.. or Googl
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by vgt 10y ago
I think you vastly underestimate Snapchat's scale and vastly overestimate AWS out-of-the-box scaleability. Someone like Snapchat periodically surprises GCP with millions of QPS, something AWS would deem akin to DDOS. With AWS, you&#x27
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by vgt 10y ago
Your fear is not invalid. That said, one can make the argument that speed of innovation trumps everything, and partnering with the best innovator is the most important thing when innovating yourself. This is akin to not wanting to ever date
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by vgt 10y ago
Shameless Google Cloud plug: Snapchat runs entirely on Google Cloud Platform, and have famously declared that they have 0 Ops people because everything they use is fully-managed and no-ops. This is one of the reasons they are able to delive
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by vgt 10y ago
True but There are 3rd party managed services from both...
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by vgt 10y ago
If I recall correctly myself (getting old!), Google has had the ability to build your own custom image since GCE went GA 2.5 years ago. Now, admittadly, it took a while to get IAM and VPC going, but we done did it now! I'd love to hear
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by vgt 10y ago
Your point is valid, but I think what the OP was saying is that Google is offering all this stuff IN ADDITION to the boring stuff. Google does boring stuff very well too.. and one can argue much better than AWS as well.. take a look at Quiz
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Dynamic Work Rebalancing with Google Cloud Dataflow(cloud.google.com)
3 points by vgt 10y ago|0 comments
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Google BigQuery Crushes Amazon AWS EMR and Presto in Performance Comparisons(cloud.google.com)
16 points by vgt 10y ago|0 comments
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An Unbiased Opinion on Amazon EC2 and Google Compute Engine(techblog.geofeedia.com)
2 points by vgt 10y ago|0 comments
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Google BigQuery Integrates with Google Drive(cloud.google.com)
8 points by vgt 10y ago|0 comments
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Google Dataflow “stomps” on Apache Spark in performance tests(siliconangle.com)
14 points by vgt 10y ago|2 comments
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by vgt 10y ago
I'll speak for BigQuery, since that's the product I know best. BigQuery itself is used ubiquitously at Google internally. I've offered evidence to the writer who made that argument, but unfortunately he was not willing to cha
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by vgt 11y ago
what he said :)

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