Storage in the Cloud (advanced) Flashcards
A set of general and more detailed questions around cloud storage options.
List Google’s core storage options?
Cloud Storage, SQL, Spanner, Datastore, Firestore, BigTable
What type of storage is Cloud storage?
Object storage (not file or block storage)
Name Google’s object storage service?
Cloud Storage
How do you reference objects stored in Cloud Storage?
By a URL
Why does Cloud Storage interact well with Web technologies?
Because the unique object references can be defined as URLs.
What is Cloud Storage?
A fully managed, scalable, high durability and high availability object storage service.
Which storage service would you use for a Website?
Cloud Storage
Which storage service would you use for archival and/or disaster recovery?
Cloud Storage
Which storage service would you use for distributing large data objects to your end users via direct download?
Cloud Storage
How are object organised in Cloud Storage?
In Buckets
Can you re-use the same bucket name in a different project?
No, by definition the bucket name is globally unique.
What are the 3 attributes you need to specify when creating a bucket?
- A Globally Unique Name, 2. A Geographic location, 3. A default storage class
Can you edit objects stored in Cloud Storage?
No: objects are immutable
How does Google secure data transit for Cloud Storage?
HTTPS - data is encrypted on the server side before it is written to disk
How does Google apply modifications to a given object when version control is disabled?
It overwrites the definition of the original object.
What life cycle management policies can you define on Cloud Storage?
Delete objects based on age, creation date or number of versions (keep x most recent).
When enabling Cloud Storage version control, what should you do?
Define a life cycle management policy to avoid bloat.
At what level is version control defined in Cloud Storage?
Bucket level (not object).
What does ACL stand for?
Access Control List
What storage classes can you choose from for Cloud Storage?
Multi‑regional, Regional, Nearline and Coldline.
Which storage classes would you choose from for backup and archival?
Nearline or Coldine
Which storage classes would you choose from for high-performance access?
Multi-regional or Regional
Order storage classes in descending order of storage price?
Multi-regional, Regional, Nearline, Coldine
Order storage classes in descending order of retreival price?
Coldline, Nearline, Regional, Multi-regional