Storage

Question 1

Cloud Storage

Answer 1

Cloud Storage is:
A RESTful service for storing and accessing your data on Google’s infrastructure

Combines the performance and scalability of Google’s cloud with advanced security and sharing capabilities

Question 2

Persistent Disk

Answer 2

Persistent Disk is:
A durable and high performance block storage service for Google Cloud Platform

Provides SSD and HDD storage that can be attached to instances running in either Compute Engine or Google Kubernetes Engine

Question 3

Cloud Filestore

Answer 3

Cloud Filestore is:

A scalable and highly available shared file service fully-managed by Google Cloud Filestore

Provides persistent storage ideal for shared workloads

Best suited for enterprise applications requiring persistent, durable, shared storage which is accessed by NFS or requires a POSIX compliant file system

Question 4

*Cloud Storage for Firebase

Answer 4

Cloud Storage for Firebase:
Adds customizable Google security (via Firebase Security Rules for Cloud Storage) to file uploads and downloads for your Firebase apps, as well as robust uploads and downloads regardless of network quality through the Firebase SDK

Backed by Cloud Storage, a service for storing and accessing your data on Google’s infrastructure