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A startup is building a new social media platform that needs to store and manage vast amounts of unstructured user-generated content, such as photos and videos. This data needs to be highly durable, globally accessible, and cost-effective for both frequently accessed and archival content. Which Google Cloud storage solution is the most appropriate choice?
- AFirestore
- BCloud Storage
- CCloud SQL
- DPersistent Disk
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Correct answer: B. Cloud Storage
Cloud Storage is an object storage service designed for storing large amounts of unstructured data like photos and videos. It offers high durability, global accessibility, and various storage classes (Standard, Nearline, Coldline, Archive) to optimize costs for different access patterns.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Firestore is a NoSQL document database, more suitable for application data than large media files.
- C. Cloud SQL is a relational database for structured data, not unstructured media.
- D. Persistent Disk is block storage attached to Compute Engine VMs, not a standalone service for global unstructured data.
Cloud Storage
Google Cloud's object storage service for storing unstructured data of any type and size.
- Offers high durability, availability, and scalability.
- Supports various storage classes (Standard, Nearline, Coldline, Archive) for cost optimization.
- Globally accessible with seamless integration with other Google Cloud services.
Memory trick: Objects for everything, Disks for VMs, SQL for tables.