From the course: Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect Cert Prep (2025)
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Overview of GCP storage
From the course: Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect Cert Prep (2025)
Overview of GCP storage
- [Instructor] Here we have several key Google Cloud Storage products. Let's start off with object storage. This is a storage system that is one of the easier to deal with. You could put videos you're going to stream or images, or even turn it into a data lake, and it's called Cloud Storage. We also have block storage, and this is a persistent disk that is fully integrated with things like either GKE or Compute Engine and allows you to have SSD storage as well. In terms of archiving, the archiving feature, as well as available from Cloud Storage, this is perfect for things like backups, media archives, or for compliance or regulation requirements. Another one that's an emerging new thing from cloud providers is the network file system. In this case, it's a fully managed service for mounting a file system. You could mount the same file system across multiple virtual machines. This would be great for things like analytics or media processing if you're in the film industry, or also…
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