Google Associate Cloud EngineerDeploying and implementing a cloud solutionEasy
A media company needs to store petabytes of video assets that are frequently accessed by users globally. These assets require high availability, durability, and low-latency access from any region. Which Google Cloud storage class should be used for these video assets?
- AArchive Storage
- BColdline Storage
- CNearline Storage
- DStandard Storage
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Correct answer: D. Standard Storage
Standard Storage is designed for frequently accessed data that requires low-latency access and high throughput. Its global availability and durability make it ideal for serving video assets to users worldwide, even for petabytes of data.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Archive Storage is for long-term archives with very infrequent access (less than once a year), with the highest access costs and latency.
- B. Coldline Storage is for data accessed less than once a month, with higher access costs and slightly higher latency.
- C. Nearline Storage is for data accessed less than once a month, similar to Coldline but with slightly lower cost and higher latency than Standard.
Cloud Storage Standard Storage
The default storage class for frequently accessed data, offering high availability, durability, and low-latency access.
- Ideal for data accessed multiple times a month.
- Lowest access costs among all classes.
- Suitable for websites, mobile apps, streaming data, and interactive workloads.
- Offers regional, multi-regional, and dual-regional locations.
Memory trick: Remember the 'temperature' of your data: Hot for frequent, Cold for rare, Archive for frozen.