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What is Google Cloud Storage?

What is Google Cloud Storage? - BigQuery Tutorial

From the course: Build a No-Code ETL Pipeline with Google BigQuery

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What is Google Cloud Storage?

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- [Instructor] Before we start building our pipeline, let's briefly talk about Google Cloud Storage or GCS. GCS is a fully managed object storage service that allows you to store and access your data in the cloud. Think of it as a file system on the internet that can hold everything from simple text files to large data sets. GCS is highly scalable and can handle everything from a single file to billions of files, making it ideal for both small-scale and enterprise-level projects. You can access your data from anywhere, integrate it with other Google Cloud services and manage it through a simple and intuitive interface. So why are we using GCS in our project? While BigQuery allows direct CSV file uploads, storing our data in GCS first will provide several benefits. The first is archiviation and backfill. Each version of our data will be saved in a storage bucket, allowing us to keep track of changes over time and easily restore previous versions if needed. Generality, this setup…

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