Summary

In this chapter, you looked at the different ways you can load data into storage, database, and message queue systems. Cloud Storage is organized around objects in buckets. The gsutil command and Cloud Console can be used to upload data as well as move it between buckets. You saw that the gsutil cp command can be used to copy files between Cloud Storage and VMs.

The database services provide import and export utilities. Some, such as Cloud SQL and BigQuery, make these services available from both Cloud Console and the command line. Others, like Bigtable and Cloud Dataproc, have command-line options only.

Cloud Pub/Sub can be used to decouple applications and improve resiliency to spikes in load. You saw how to create a topic and subscriptions and how to push data to the message queue, where it can be read by subscribers.

Know that Cloud Spanner uses the Dataflow service for importing and exporting. There can be additional charges when using Dataflow and moving data between regions...