A “cloud instance” refers to a virtual server instance from a public or private cloud network. In cloud instance computing, single hardware is implemented into software and run on top of multiple computers. … A server in the cloud can be easily moved from one physical machine to another without going down.

What is GCP VM?

Google Cloud platform is large set of physical assets such as computers, hard disk, processors and virtual assets such as Virtual Machines, services that are contained in Google Cloud data centers. … In GCP these services provides you access to the underlying hardware.

What is the use of VM instance in GCP?

Secure and customizable compute service that lets you create and run virtual machines on Google’s infrastructure. New customers get $300 in free credits to spend on Google Cloud. All customers get a general purpose machine (e2-micro instance) per month for free, not charged against your credits.