With the advancement of technology, there are several kinds of virtual media facilities to work and store information for ease of access whenever needed. Google Cloud Platform is one such virtual space offered by Google. It has inter connectivity with the other segments of Google Cloud infrastructure. It provides a place for distinct features to handle the client data in effective ways. The enlisted services offered by this platform are computing, data storage, data analytics, and machine learning. To avail of all these services, one needs to furnish his or her credit card or bank account credentials.
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SERVICES PROVIDED BY GCP
Anyone can use all the services provided by GCP without spending even one single penny. The free tier is available with a validity of a year. Within this free trial period, the customers get $300 free credit to spend on different facilities provided by this platform. The platform provides the storage services with the facilities like 50,000 reads, 20,000 writes, 20,000 deletes per day. Moreover, uses the Scalable No SQL document database in case of 1 GB storage.
In the case of computing services, it provides a professionally equipped environment to run stateless containers along with building and connecting the cloud services with code. One can access the beneficial data analytic services of the GCP which provides 10 GB of messages per month. Moreover it along with real-time and reliable messaging and streaming data. Besides this, the machine learning services offer Vision AI (with 1000 unit per month limit). Additionally this machine learning services offer also Speech-to-Text transcription (with the limit of 60 minutes per month).
HOW TO USE
To get the utmost benefit from the Google Cloud Platform one must go through the details regarding all these distinct services before accessing. To have an effective knowledge in this field, Free Trial Guide is very useful. There are several solutions which are the combinations of different services available in the cloud. Of course one needs to be specific in terms of the need for accessing the GCP services before shortlisting the solutions.
Even if the guide is there but one would not agree to spend any cost without being sure about the extent of effectiveness of the cloud functions. Therefore it is best to use the free trial for better understanding and effective usage.
To proceed with the cloud services setting of the Virtual Private Server (VPS) on Google Cloud Platform is one of the important steps. Google provides an expansive range of the VPS configuration. Additionally the free tier is rather hidden in all possible options if compared with other service providers.
With a valid account (both in case of test phase or upgraded) one can move to set up an f1-micro instance.
To create a test account on Google Cloud Platform visit https://console.cloud.google.com/getting-started.
EXTRA BENEFITS
In addition to this trial package, this Platform launches token benefits over time. Previously $300 credit was also given which had the validity of 60 days, unlike the 12 months validity that is given at present. It cares about the necessities of the users.
Original ideas are the main frame of this platform. For example recently under the compute engine facilities Cloud Pub/Sub, Google Cloud Storage and Cloud Functions free usage of F1-micro instances are also allowed in the free tier which is not being advertised.
The most important services offered in this free tier are probably the addition of Compute Engine instance and 5 GB of free Cloud Storage usage.
IMPORTANT FACTORS RELATING TO GCP
Some important factors must be taken into consideration while using this service. One such factor is GCP cost calculator which gives a clear idea about what it is going to cost the customer. Besides, in this platform, the options for setup shut down and destroy scripts options are available for all the resources created by the user. These options are in a command-line interface to Google Cloud Platform.]
To know more about such services and facilities that you can avail for free keep reading this space.
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