This course equips students to build highly reliable and efficient solutions on Google Cloud using proven design patterns. It is a continuation of the Architecting with Google Compute Engine or Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine courses and assumes hands-on experience with the technologies covered in either of those courses. Through a combination of presentations, design activities, and hands-on labs, participants learn to define and balance business and technical requirements to design Google Cloud deployments that are highly reliable, highly available, secure, and cost-effective.
Reliable Google Cloud Infrastructure: Design and Process
Reliable Google Cloud Infrastructure: Design and Process
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What you'll learn
Define application requirements and express as KPIs, SLOs, and SLIs.
Build microservice applications and architect cloud and hybrid networks.
Choose appropriate Google Cloud storage and deployment services.
Secure cloud applications, data, and infrastructure, and monitor service levels.
Skills you'll gain
- Service Level Agreement
- Load Balancing
- DevOps
- Network Architecture
- Cloud Security
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Google Cloud Platform
- Cloud Computing Architecture
- Microservices
- System Design and Implementation
- Disaster Recovery
- Cloud Computing
- Application Deployment
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- CI/CD
- Site Reliability Engineering
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PA
Reviewed on Apr 1, 2018
Very good and covered lots of useful aspects.however it did not include documents of the relavant information as per previous module to refer to following training.
MN
Reviewed on Jun 30, 2025
The labs here are very helpful, and the videos get quite detailed, but they are very clear int their explanations and were an excellent resource for the course and afterward.
AM
Reviewed on Jan 7, 2021
Excellent Content! I took from ACE Online/Remote test yesterday and passed in my first attempt. Waiting for Google to confirm the certification and credentials.
