Overview
- Provides the hardware and licences for VMware software defined data centres (SDDC) on Google Cloud
- Use cases:
- Migrating DCs
- Scale on demand—reduce CapEx
- Disaster recovery
- High performance applications
- Migrate quickly—refactor later
- Minimise downtime
- COTS applications—where can’t replatform
- 99.99% uptime for a single zone
- Shared responsibility model
- Operated and supported by Google
- Security and DDoS protection
- Allows creation of hybrid applications
- Use native services alongside GCVE, e.g. Data, analytics, AI/ML
- Integrated with IAM