====== V ======

  * [[https://wiki.libvirt.org/Virtio.html#:~:text=Virtio%20is%20a%20virtualization%20standard,and%20cooperates%20with%20the%20hypervisor.|VirtIO]]
    * virtualization standard for network and disk device drivers where just the guest's device driver "knows" it is running in a virtual environment, and cooperates with the hypervisor. 
    * an Open Source technology, maintained by project [[https://libvirt.org]]
    * different, but architecturally similar to, [[wp>Xen]] paravirtualized device drivers 
    * historically used for GCE VMs network interfaces, progressively displaced by [[gcp:g|gVNIC]]
  * VM = Compute Engine instance
  * VM Instance = Compute Engine instance
  * VPC = Virtual Private Cloud
    * A secure, individual, private cloud-computing model hosted within a public cloud
    * Supports the same activities as an ordinary private cloud
    * Is hosted remotely by a public cloud provider
    * Combines the convenience of the public cloud with the data isolation of private cloud computing
    * See [[gcp:p|Peering]]
  * VPC Peering: a way to connect VPCs together