Last year we announced Google Compute Engine to enable any business or developer to use
Google’s infrastructure for their applications. Now we’re taking the next step: Google Compute Engine is
open to everyone in preview, and you can sign up online now.
Over the past year, we’ve launched
several features and made significant improvements behind the scenes. We’re now
announcing several new capabilities that make it easier and more economical to use Compute
Engine for a broader set of applications.
Sub-Hour Billing: We heard feedback from our early
users who wanted more granular billing increments so they could run short-lived workloads. Now
all instances are charged for in one-minute increments with a ten-minute minimum, so you don’t
pay for compute minutes that you don’t use.
New shared-core instance types: Compute Engine’s new micro and
small instance types are designed as a cost-effective option for running small workloads that
don’t need a lot of CPU power, like development and test workloads.
Larger Persistent Disks: We’re increasing the size of Persistent
Disks that can be attached to instances by up to 8,000%. You can now attach up to 10 terabytes
of persistent disk to a Compute Engine virtual machine, giving you plenty of persistent
storage for a wide variety of applications.
Advanced Routing Capabilities: Compute Engine now supports software-defined
routing capabilities based on our broad SDN innovation. These
capabilities are designed to handle your advanced network routing needs like configuring
instances to function as gateways, configuring VPN servers and building applications that span
your local network and Google’s cloud.
ISO 27001 Certification: We’ve also completed ISO 27001:2005
certification for Compute Engine, App Engine, and Cloud Storage to demonstrate that these
products meet the international standard for managing information security.
To get started, go to the Google Cloud
Console, select Compute Engine and click the “New Instance” button.
Fill out the required information and click “Create” on the right hand side. Your new virtual
machine will be ready to use in about a minute.
To all of our customers who helped us evolve the product over the past months, thank you; your
feedback has helped shape Compute Engine. To those of you who have been eager to try Compute
Engine, the wait is over and you can sign up for Compute Engine
online today.
Navneet
Joneja loves being at the forefront of the next generation of simple and reliable
software infrastructure, the foundation on which next-generation technology is being built.
When not working, he can usually be found dreaming up new ways to entertain his intensely
curious three-year-old.
