Update on Our Planned Move from Azure to Google Cloud Platform

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Post by octosphere » Sat, Aug 04, 2018, 3:20 PM UTC

Update on Our Planned Move from Azure to Google Cloud Platform
about.gitlab.com

Re: Update on Our Planned Move from Azure to Google Cloud Platform

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Post by w8rbt » Sat, Aug 04, 2018, 3:48 PM UTC

Seems silly to move just because MS bought github. Are there other compelling reasons?

Re: Update on Our Planned Move from Azure to Google Cloud Platform

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Post by blibble » Sat, Aug 04, 2018, 3:49 PM UTC

w8rbt wrote: post #2

Seems silly to move just because MS bought github. Are there other compelling reasons?

not saying it's the reason but their funding comes from Google Ventures

http://uk.businessinsider.com/gitlab-raises-20-million-from-...

Re: Update on Our Planned Move from Azure to Google Cloud Platform

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 04, 2018, 3:50 PM UTC

w8rbt wrote: post #2

Seems silly to move just because MS bought github. Are there other compelling reasons?

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Re: Update on Our Planned Move from Azure to Google Cloud Platform

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Post by Kudos » Sat, Aug 04, 2018, 3:51 PM UTC

Why is it that Microsoft are ok with serving traffic from countries under embargo but Google are not? As far as I know Amazon don't follow the embargo like this with AWS traffic either.

Re: Update on Our Planned Move from Azure to Google Cloud Platform

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Post by octosphere » Sat, Aug 04, 2018, 3:51 PM UTC

Just as a sidenote: Gitlab may no longer be accessible any more from Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria. From the article:

    NOTE to users in Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria
    GitLab.com may not be accessible after the migration to Google.
    Google has informed us that there are legal restrictions that are
    imposed for those countries. See this U.S. Department of the
    Treasury link for more details. At this time, we can only
    recommend that you download your code or export relevant
    projects as a backup.

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Post by koiz » Sat, Aug 04, 2018, 3:52 PM UTC

w8rbt wrote: post #2

Seems silly to move just because MS bought github. Are there other compelling reasons?

kubernetes

Re: Update on Our Planned Move from Azure to Google Cloud Platform

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Post by simcop2387 » Sat, Aug 04, 2018, 3:52 PM UTC

w8rbt wrote: post #2

Seems silly to move just because MS bought github. Are there other compelling reasons?

They had started this move months before Microsoft purchased Github. If you read the linked article one of the biggest reasons is that the GCP implementation of kubernetes and better integration with their CDN they'll be getting a significant performance boost. It's taken this long since they've had to make infrastructure changes along with some code changes to get it better supporting the deployment there.

Re: Update on Our Planned Move from Azure to Google Cloud Platform

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Post by minimaxir » Sat, Aug 04, 2018, 3:52 PM UTC

w8rbt wrote: post #2

Seems silly to move just because MS bought github. Are there other compelling reasons?

A lot of companies have been migrating to GCP for pragmatic "it's cheaper" reasons. GitLab in particular had a big booth at Google Next.

Re: Update on Our Planned Move from Azure to Google Cloud Platform

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Post by k__ » Sat, Aug 04, 2018, 4:04 PM UTC

blibble wrote: post #3

w8rbt wrote: post #2

Seems silly to move just because MS bought github. Are there other compelling reasons?

not saying it's the reason but their funding comes from Google Ventures http://uk.businessinsider.com/gitlab-raises-20-million-from-...

Yes, I also read they would do this to prepare for a Google buy.