GCP Cloud Storage Flashcards
What is google cloud storage suitable for?
Unstructured data, pictures, videos, objects, documents, text files, multimedia, file backup
In AWS and Azure what are the services Google Cloud Storage is like?
AWS S3 and Azure BLOB storeage.
Google cloud storage integrates very well with other GCP services, what are these services?
- BigQuery - Import/Export
- AppEngine - Object storage, logs, datastore backup
- CloudSQL - Import/Export of tables
- ComputeEngine - Startup scripts, Images and general object storage
Do I have to enable encryption on Google Cloud Storage?
No, GCP Cloud Storage is by default encryption.
Google Cloud Storage has a number of storage classes, what are they?
- Single region
- Multi-region
- Nearline
- Coldline
How large can an object be?
5TB
What are the organizational units of Google Cloud Storage?
- Buckets
- Objects
In Google Cloud Storage an I better to have lost of objects per bucket or lots of buckets?
Fewer buckets and more objects per bucket gives better performance.
I am writing 1000 of objects to Google Cloud Storage, I want the best performance, I intend to use sequential names for the objects, will this use of sequential naming give me the best performance?
No, as all the objects will be written to the same servers, we want objects to be written to all servers in Google Cloud Storage, by using random naming we get to have the objects distributed.
Do I need to have a uniques name for a bucket?
Yes
Do all classes have the same throughput, low latency and high durability?
Yes, unline AWS Glacier where the glacier is different.
For Multi-Regional Google Cloud Storage, what is the SLA?
99.95%
For Single-Regional Google Cloud Storage, what is the SLA?
99.9%
For Nearline Google Cloud Storage, what is the SLA?
99%
For Coldline Google Cloud Storage, what is the SLA?
99%
What uses cases is Multi-Regional Google Cloud Storage good for?
Data frequently accessed world wide, website content, streaming, video games
What uses cases is Single-Regional Google Cloud Storage good for?
Frequently accessed in same region (e.g data analytics in DataProc)
What uses cases is Nearline Google Cloud Storage good for?
Infrequent accessed data (regular backups)
What uses cases is Coldlinel Google Cloud Storage good for?
Cold data (archive data, desaster recovery)
Is there a retevial cost for Nearline Google Cloud Storage?
Yes
Is there a retevial cost for ColdlineGoogle Cloud Storage?
Yes
Is there minium duration period for Nearline Google Cloud Storage? and what is it?
Yes it is 30days
Is there minium duration period for Coldline Google Cloud Storage? and what is it?
Yes and it is 90days
Do I have to have unique names for buckets?
Yes
If we chose to use regional storage for GCP Cloud storage, where is the data stored?
Data is replicated to 3 or more Zones in a region.
If we chose to use multi-regional storage for GCP Cloud storage, where is the data stored?
Data is replicated to multiple regions.
Is my GCP Cloud Storage data encrypted by default?
Yes
What is a disadvantage of the Coldine storage class compared to the Standard storage class?
- Slower data access
- Minimum lifespan
- Charged for download
- More expensive
- Minimum lifespan
- Charged for download
Is a service account tied to a person’s account?
Yes is is tied to a personal account
With coldline, what is the retention period?
It is the min time you have to leave the data in nearline storage, it is 90 days for coldline storage.
With nearliie storage what is the retention period?
It is the min time you have to leave the data in nearline storage, it is 30 days for coldline storage.
What is coldline storage good for?
Backup, DR, Archive
Good for accessing once a year
Of the storage tiers, witch the lowest cost per month?
Coldline
Is the retrevial cost for coldline lower then nealine?
Yes, keep
Can i change a regional bucket to a multi regional bucket?
No
Can i change a multi regional bucket to a regional bucket?
No
Can i change a regional bucket to a nearline regional bucket?
Yes