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A global e-commerce company needs to store petabytes of product catalog images and videos. These assets are accessed frequently for product pages but also require long-term archival. The company wants a cost-effective solution that offers high availability and durability. Which Google Cloud storage service is best suited for this requirement?
- ACloud Bigtable
- BFirestore
- CCloud SQL
- DCloud Storage
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Correct answer: D. Cloud Storage
Cloud Storage is designed for storing unstructured data like images and videos at petabyte scale, offering high availability, durability, and various storage classes for cost optimization. Its global infrastructure supports frequent access and archival needs.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Cloud Bigtable is a NoSQL wide-column database, designed for large analytical and operational workloads, not primary storage for binary assets.
- B. Firestore is a NoSQL document database, better suited for structured application data, not petabytes of media files.
- C. Cloud SQL is a relational database and not suitable for storing large unstructured binary objects.
Cloud Storage for Unstructured Data
Google Cloud Storage is an object storage service designed for storing and accessing unstructured data, such as images, videos, and documents, at any scale.
- Offers multiple storage classes (Standard, Nearline, Coldline, Archive) to optimize cost based on access frequency.
- Provides high durability (11 nines) and availability.
- Scales automatically to petabytes and beyond.
Memory trick: Remember, Cloud Storage is like a giant digital closet for all your unstructured stuff.