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Structured data storage

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Structured data storage

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- [Narrator] In the previous lesson, you saw how Cloud Storage is used to store unstructured data. Now let's explore some Google Cloud data storage products that are suited for storing structured data. Structured data consists of numbers and values that are organized in a predefined format that's easily searchable in a relational database. Earlier in the course, we mentioned that a relational database stores information in tables, rows, and columns that have a clearly defined schema that represents the structure or logical configuration of the database. Cloud SQL offers fully managed relational databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server as a service. It's designed to transfer mundane but necessary and often time consuming tasks to Google like applying patches and updates, managing backups, and configuring replications so you can focus on building great applications trusted by thousands of the largest…

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