GCP Structure and Network Flashcards

The purpose of this deck is to provide an overview of the layout for resources and the various areas of networking

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GCP Resource Types

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Global

|_ Multi-Region

|_ Region

|_ Zone

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What is a is an independent geographic area that consists of Zones referred to as?

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Region

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Regions

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  • Consist of Zones
  • Tend to have round-trip network latency under 5 milliseconds on the 95th percentile
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What is a deployment area for Google Cloud Platform resources within a region

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A Zone

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What is a Zone?

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  • A zone is a deployment area for Google Cloud Platform resources within a region
  • A zone as a single failure domain within a region
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Describe Zonal Resources

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  • Zonal resources operate within a single zone
  • If a zone becomes unavailable, all of the zonal resources in that zone are unavailable until service is restored.
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Describe Regional Resources

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Describe Multi-regional Resources

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  • Some Google Cloud Platform services are redundant and distributed within and across regions.
  • Multi-regional resources require a reduction in either latency or consistency
  • Multi-regional services:
    • Google App Engine and its features
    • Google Cloud Datastore
    • Google Cloud Storage
    • Google BigQuery
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What are PoPs?

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  • These are Googles points of presence
  • This is where Google’s network is connected to the rest of the internet
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What is a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

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  • A VPC is a Global resource
  • VPC is a comprehensive set of Google-managed networking objects
  • VPC provides IP addresses for internal and external use, along with granular IP address range selections
  • Provides networking functionality to Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and App Engine - as well as for any other Google Cloud resources built on Compute Engine
  • Provides various network related services (load balancing/VPN/firewall)
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GCP Projects

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A Project in GCP is a collection of resources

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Describe Subnets in GCP

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  • Subnetworks allow you to divide or segregate your environment
  • Subnetworks cross all zones in a region
  • A subnet is simply an IP Address range
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13
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What are the 5 means of connecting on premise networks with your GCP instance?

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Layer 3

  • Direct Peering
  • Carrier Peering
  • VPN

Layer 2

  • Direct interconnect
  • Partner interconnect
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