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Google Cloudcompute

GKE

Google Kubernetes Engine is managed Kubernetes with standard and Autopilot operating modes, integrated networking, fleet management, and observability.

First availableOpen official documentation
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Major features

Autopilotautopilot
Fleetfleet
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Typical architecture

A managed Kubernetes control plane schedules pods across Autopilot or standard capacity behind cloud load balancing.

Common use cases

  • Kubernetes application platforms
  • Policy-managed container fleets
  • Stateful and GPU workloads

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