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A global media company is migrating its video streaming platform to Google Cloud as part of its digital transformation initiative. They need to store petabytes of raw and transcoded video files, which are accessed frequently for new content delivery and archived after a certain period. The solution must be highly durable, scalable, and cost-optimized for different access patterns. Which Google Cloud storage class would be most suitable for the frequently accessed video files?
- AStandard Storage
- BColdline Storage
- CArchive Storage
- DNearline Storage
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: A. Standard Storage
Standard Storage is designed for frequently accessed data, offering very low latency and high throughput, which is ideal for video streaming where content is accessed regularly. It provides the best performance for active data.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Coldline Storage is for data accessed less than once a quarter, even less frequent than Nearline, and thus unsuitable for frequently streamed videos.
- C. Archive Storage is for long-term archiving with very infrequent access, not suitable for frequently accessed video files due to higher retrieval costs and latency.
- D. Nearline Storage is for data accessed less than once a month, which is too infrequent for active video streaming content.
Cloud Storage Classes
Google Cloud Storage offers various storage classes optimized for different availability, durability, and cost requirements based on data access frequency.
- Standard Storage: Frequent access, low latency.
- Nearline Storage: Infrequent access (monthly), lower cost.
- Coldline Storage: Very infrequent access (quarterly), even lower cost.
- Archive Storage: Long-term archiving (yearly), lowest cost.
Memory trick: Standard for daily, Nearline for monthly, Coldline for quarterly, Archive for yearly.