Google Cloud → AWS and Azure
AWS and Azure equivalents of Compute Engine suspend and resume
The closest AWS equivalent of Google Cloud Compute Engine suspend and resume is Amazon EC2 hibernation; on Azure, Azure VM hibernation.
About Compute Engine suspend and resume
| Provider | Google Cloud |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | Saves an instance's memory to storage and stops it, then restores it on resume. An instance can stay suspended for up to 60 days. |
| Documentation | docs.cloud.google.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
Mappings (1)
| Capability | AWS | Match (GCP vs AWS) | Azure |
|---|---|---|---|
| VM hibernation | Amazon EC2 hibernation | Direct match | Azure VM hibernation |
VM hibernation Direct match
EC2 hibernation maps to suspending a Compute Engine instance, which saves memory to storage and restores it on resume.
- An instance can stay suspended for up to 60 days; instances with more than 208 GB of memory can't be suspended.
- Hibernation must be enabled at EC2 launch; Compute Engine suspend has its own list of unsupported configurations to check.