What is a Cloud VM?

In this episode of VM End-to-End, Developer Advocates Carter Morgan and Brian Dorsey talk about what VMs really are. Watch as they discuss where VMs live in data centers, what you can actually do with VMs, and how we work with VMs.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Carter asks what *is* a Cloud VM?
1:41 - Carter asks how do we work with a “slice of the data center”?
3:56 - Brian explains where the physical disks live in the data center
6:02 - Brian explains what OSes are allowed to run on a Cloud VM
7:55 - Carter wants to know what you can actually *do* with Cloud VMs
10:12 - Carter wants to know why should developers operate at the VM / IaaS level
11:36 - What’s next?

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[samtv]

i think i find bug on youtube, i look this video twice but i can make only one like :) really enjoy to learn all this !

[omaralaadin]

That Ratio-management in scaling up/down cloud VMs is what making gcp unique, really ♥️

[declanmcardle]

Can we have this the other way around too? I.e. any videos of how/why Carter thinks K8S is the best thing since sliced bread? Including examples...

[SilentSolution]

Thanks for your information and cooperation sir

[maxdeighton]

This is super interesting.

So what’s the real level of scalability here? What’s the absolute maximum capacity of Google? How many servers do Google own / can Google own and what level of abstraction can you get to for virtualization?

[bergerblancsuisse.]

By default, please make containers accessible over VPC private network. For example, pkg.dev requires an external IP on a compute instance unless you pay for additional DNS services.

[mars]

Will you support macOS in Cloud VM? I would like to use that VM on a daily basis.