Compute technology overview

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Explore compute in Google Cloud

Read documentation and Cloud Architecture Center articles about compute-related products, capabilities, and procedures.

Implement compute and container security

Plan how to protect your compute resources and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) container resources.open_in_new

Multi-regional deployment on Compute Engine

Plan how to build a multi-tier application that runs on Compute Engine VMs in multiple regions.open_in_new

Training, blog articles, and more

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Google Cloud computing foundations

Study cloud computing, ways to use Google Cloud, and different compute options.open_in_new

Hosting applications on Google Cloud

Learn about the wide range of options for hosting applications on Google Cloud.open_in_new

Compute technology products by use case

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Virtual machines

Create a VM.

Compute Engine

Configure and deploy scalable, high-performance virtual machine (VM) instances and instance groups.

Create and start a VM instance

Create a virtual machine (VM) instance by using a boot disk image, a boot disk snapshot, or a container image.

Capacity Planner

Get visibility into your project's use of virtual machine (VM) instance resources.

Regions and zones

Compute Engine resources are hosted in multiple locations worldwide. These locations are composed of regions and zones.

Images

OS images for virtual machines.

OS images

Use operating system (OS) images to create boot disks for your virtual machine (VM) instances.

Operating system details

Learn general operating system (OS) details and feature support for the OS images that are available on Compute Engine.

Container-Optimized OS

Bring up your Docker containers on Google Cloud quickly, efficiently, and securely.

Deep Learning VM Images

Deploy VM images that are optimized for data science and ML tasks.

Block storage

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Local SSD

Provide always-encrypted solid-state storage for Compute Engine VMs.

Persistent Disk

Use durable network storage devices that your virtual machine (VM) instances can access like physical disks in a desktop or a server.

Hyperdisk

Use scalable, high-performance storage service with a comprehensive suite of data persistence and management capabilities.

Confidential computing

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Confidential VM

A type of virtual machine that enables enhanced performance and security for high-memory workloads using AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV).

Migration

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Migration Center

Unified platform that helps you accelerate your end-to-end cloud journey from your current on-premises or cloud environments to Google Cloud.

Migrate to Virtual Machines

Migrate servers and VMs from on-premises or another cloud to Compute Engine.

Migrate to Containers

Migrate VMs from on-premises or other clouds directly into containers in GKE.

Mainframe Assessment Tool

Assess your mainframe workloads and generate codebase documentation with generative AI.

Mainframe Connector

Move your mainframe data to Google Cloud.

Workloads

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