Storage Components of Google Cloud Platform
Applications and services that run in the cloud have to meet a wide range of requirements when it comes to storage.
Storage Resources
Sometimes an application needs fast read and write times for moderate amounts of data. Other times, a business application may need access to petabytes of archival storage but can tolerate minutes and even hours to retrieve a document. GCP has several storage resources for storing objects and files.
Cloud Storage
Cloud Storage is GCP’s object storage system. Objects can be any type of file or binary large object. Objects are organized into buckets, which are analogous to directories in a file system. It is important to remember that Cloud Storage is not a file system. It is a service that receives, stores, and retrieves files or objects from a distributed storage system. Cloud Storage is not part of a VM in the way an attached persistent disk is. Cloud Storage is accessible from VM (or any other...
