Compute Engine
Google Compute Engine (GCE) is an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering that allows users to create and run virtual machines (VMs) on Google’s infrastructure, providing scalable computing resources and various customization options.
Easily automate and orchestrate GCE instances
Manage virtual machines, containers and pods in your GCE environment.
Control your spend
Manage consumption of Google compute engines with Tidal jobs.
Monitor what matters
Integrate Google Cloud activities in end-to-end business processes.
Simplify GCE management
Centralize management and control of Google scheduling tasks.
Efficient and cost-effective scheduling for Google Cloud
The native Google Cloud Scheduler has basic scheduling functionality and can only manage jobs within the boundaries of Google compute engines. With this adapter, Tidal replaces the Google Scheduler so you can manage those tasks centrally within your enterprise-wide processes and apply more advanced scheduling functionality.
What the adapter enables
Use Tidal jobs to bring Google compute engines online when you’re ready to run jobs in your cloud instance, and take them down when you’re not. That way, you only pay for them when you need them.
- Capture and re-use virtual machine images
- Create a compute engine using defined Google templates and configurations or by specifying parameters in Tidal
- Deallocate or delete compute engines
- Start, monitor, stop and restart compute engines
How it works
The integration provides the functionality of the Google Cloud Scheduler plus more advanced capabilities, including:
- Apply local, business and financial calendars to control when jobs run
- Centralize change management for schedules
- Define scheduling dependencies between Google compute engines and other processes
- Leverage graphical views of schedules
- Use time- and event-based scheduling
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Tidal and Google Compute Engine integration FAQs
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What is Google Compute Engine?
Google Compute Engine is a cloud-based service that lets you rent virtual machines (VMs) from Google's data centers, and therefore, run your applications and workloads without managing physical servers.
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What is the difference between Google Compute Engine and Kubernetes Engine?
Google Compute Engine (GCE) and Kubernetes Engine (GKE) are different cloud computing services on Google Cloud. GCE offers individual virtual machines (VMs) for general computing tasks, while GKE is a managed Kubernetes platform for deploying and managing containerized applications.
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How do I connect to Google Cloud Platform Compute Engine?
The Tidal adapter for Google Cloud Compute Engine is installed as part of a standard installation of Tidal. When the installation is complete, you can create a Google Cloud Compute Engine connection. However, you must perform the steps to license and configure the adapter before you can run Google Cloud Compute Engine jobs.
Consult Tidal documentation for more information.