Google has a lack of focus on their products. They have many products in various areas of the market, but they do not productize or appeal to the market effectively. They should concentrate on productization and marketing. In the SAP environment that I've used, Google's product is stable, however, the initial mapping of it is critical.
The synchronization between two tools, meaning if I have another server outside Google Cloud, as far as I know, I cannot mimic the server in Google Cloud to another server outside Google Cloud. I don't know if Google has the above-mentioned features or not, and if it does have them, then maybe Google can help us set things right and how to make a server mimic either of the servers outside Google. With the hot swap features or if Google Cloud itself is down, we can replace the services with another server. Right now, I have another server outside Google as a backup of a production server. There should be synchronization between servers inside Google and those outside it. The high availability features in Google are only available in Google Compute Engine in different regions. If I have another server outside Google, the high availability features in Google cannot synchronize with such a server.
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Sep 20, 2023
The solution could be more similar to something like ESXi. For example, in GCP, you don't get layer two connectivity between two VMs on the same subnet. So that could be great. Between two VMs on the same subnet in the same VPC. Another area of improvement is the support. They did respond very fast, but they did not find a solution to our problem.
I would say that Google Compute Engine is easy to use for skilled people and people with a tech background. For regular users who do not have experience with the cloud platform, it is not very user-friendly. If you wish to use Compute Engine, you must know a lot of technical terms such as availability, instance, and scalability. You also need to choose the proper instance for you. In my experience, there is a standard option, an advanced option, and a customized option for Google Compute Engine. You can choose the Compute Engine with high speed or with memory speed. All of this is too much for a person who is not tech-savvy. I am not sure whether they designed it like that on purpose or if they plan on improving it. I cannot think of any features that need to be upgraded.
I would like to improve the solution’s UI while deploying a container. It is sometimes hard to figure out the container’s details and format that you want to deploy. The tool does not give you a guide to finding out the error and why the container is not starting up which could be because you have configured it wrong. This is always a hit on the setup.
Google Compute Engine does not have many options at a lower tier level. If they had more options it will be better. For example, Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure, have more options and different types of instances, of VMs we can select.
IT Support at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Sep 29, 2019
The biggest problem is that it's got a very arcane and complex security environment that has to be very carefully set up and maintained. Because GCP has is such a huge attack surface and is so prominent it any security lapses can quickly become fatal. The problem with good security is that it more difficult to use the GCP features. Faced with a difficult to use interface people will find ingenious ways to circumvent the security. Because GCE is tied into the overall Google services security model I do not believe that it can be improved without making the user experience more difficult.
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Google has a lack of focus on their products. They have many products in various areas of the market, but they do not productize or appeal to the market effectively. They should concentrate on productization and marketing. In the SAP environment that I've used, Google's product is stable, however, the initial mapping of it is critical.
The synchronization between two tools, meaning if I have another server outside Google Cloud, as far as I know, I cannot mimic the server in Google Cloud to another server outside Google Cloud. I don't know if Google has the above-mentioned features or not, and if it does have them, then maybe Google can help us set things right and how to make a server mimic either of the servers outside Google. With the hot swap features or if Google Cloud itself is down, we can replace the services with another server. Right now, I have another server outside Google as a backup of a production server. There should be synchronization between servers inside Google and those outside it. The high availability features in Google are only available in Google Compute Engine in different regions. If I have another server outside Google, the high availability features in Google cannot synchronize with such a server.
It would be better if there was an option to change the background. Like in Gmail, there's an option to change your theme. That's my recommendation.
The solution could be more similar to something like ESXi. For example, in GCP, you don't get layer two connectivity between two VMs on the same subnet. So that could be great. Between two VMs on the same subnet in the same VPC. Another area of improvement is the support. They did respond very fast, but they did not find a solution to our problem.
I would say that Google Compute Engine is easy to use for skilled people and people with a tech background. For regular users who do not have experience with the cloud platform, it is not very user-friendly. If you wish to use Compute Engine, you must know a lot of technical terms such as availability, instance, and scalability. You also need to choose the proper instance for you. In my experience, there is a standard option, an advanced option, and a customized option for Google Compute Engine. You can choose the Compute Engine with high speed or with memory speed. All of this is too much for a person who is not tech-savvy. I am not sure whether they designed it like that on purpose or if they plan on improving it. I cannot think of any features that need to be upgraded.
I would like to improve the solution’s UI while deploying a container. It is sometimes hard to figure out the container’s details and format that you want to deploy. The tool does not give you a guide to finding out the error and why the container is not starting up which could be because you have configured it wrong. This is always a hit on the setup.
Google Compute Engine does not have many options at a lower tier level. If they had more options it will be better. For example, Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure, have more options and different types of instances, of VMs we can select.
The biggest problem is that it's got a very arcane and complex security environment that has to be very carefully set up and maintained. Because GCP has is such a huge attack surface and is so prominent it any security lapses can quickly become fatal. The problem with good security is that it more difficult to use the GCP features. Faced with a difficult to use interface people will find ingenious ways to circumvent the security. Because GCE is tied into the overall Google services security model I do not believe that it can be improved without making the user experience more difficult.