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So you’ve decided to migrate your business to the cloud—good call!There are many workloads that are easy to lift and shift to the cloud, but there are also specialized workloads (such as Oracle) that are difficult to migrate to a cloud environment due to complicated licensing, hardware, and support requirements. Bare Metal Solution provides a path to modernize these applications. You first lift and shift these workloads to Bare Metal Solution so you can exit your data center and stop managing hardware; then you will be in a great position to modernize your application with Google Cloud. Bare Metal Solution enables an easier and a faster migration path while maintaining your existing investments and architecture.(Click to enlarge the Bare Metal Solution migration cheat sheet)How does it work?Bare Metal Solution provides purpose-built bare metal machines in regional extensions that are connected to Google Cloud by a managed, high-performance connection with a low-latency network fabric. Google Cloud provides and manages the core infrastructure, the network, the physical and network security, and hardware monitoring capabilities in an environment from which you can easily access all Google Cloud services. What does the Bare Metal Solution environment include?The core infrastructure includes secure, controlled-environment facilities and power. The Bare Metal Solution environment also includes provisioning and maintenance of the  sole-tenancy hardware with local SAN, and smart hands support. The network, which is managed by Google Cloud, includes a low-latency Cloud Interconnect connection into your Bare Metal Solution environment. And you have access to other Google Cloud services such as private API access, management tools, support, and billing.What are you responsible for?You are only responsible for your software, applications, and data while Google Cloud handles the support, backup maintenance, monitoring, logging, and security. You can bring your own license of the specialized software such as Oracle. ConclusionNow that you know about Bare Metal Solution, you’re ready to take the next step in the direction of infrastructure modernization, no matter what specialized workloads you may have. To learn more about Bare Metal Solution, check out the documentation.Priyanka discusses Google Cloud Bare Metal SolutionFor more #GCPSketchnote, follow the GitHub repo. And for similar cloud content, follow me on twitter @pvergadia and keep an eye on thecloudgirl.devRelated Article5 cheat sheets to help you get started on your Google Cloud journeyWhether you need to determine the best way to move to the cloud, or decide on the best storage option, we’ve built a number of cheat shee…Read Article
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