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Andromeda: the GCP software-defined network virtualization stack
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/networking/google-cloud-networking-in-depth-how-andromeda-2-2-enables-high-throughput-vms?hl=en (2019: v2.2)
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/gcp/andromeda-2-1-reduces-gcps-intra-zone-latency-by-40-percent?hl=en (2017: v2.1)
Anycast IP address:
- An IP address that is used by multiple devices in multiple locations. Routing determines the “nearest” device to which to route any datagram based on geographic/availability considerations.
- Simplifies DNS setup by only requiring a single IP for a complete distributed application.
- GCP uses those for the Global HTTP load balancer
AppEngine: a PaaS GCP service focused on simplicity of web backend development. Compare Firebase
Autoscaling: GCE ability to add or remove VM instances depending on the load sustained by an app, and balance traffic between them
Availability: a measurement of uptime
- Can be achieved through fault tolerance