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Building Google Cloud Platform Solutions

You're reading from   Building Google Cloud Platform Solutions Develop scalable applications from scratch and make them globally available in almost any language

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Product type Course
Published in Mar 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838647438
Length 778 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (29) Chapters Close

Title Page
Copyright and Credits
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
1. Why GCP? FREE CHAPTER 2. The Google Cloud Console 3. APIs, CLIs, IAM, and Billing 4. Google App Engine 5. Google Kubernetes Engine 6. Google Cloud Functions 7. Google Compute Engine 8. NoSQL with Datastore and Bigtable 9. Relational Data with Cloud SQL and Cloud Spanner 10. Google Cloud Storage 11. Stackdriver 12. Change Management 13. GCP Networking for Developers 14. Messaging with Pub/Sub and IoT Core 15. Integrating with Big Data Solutions on GCP 16. Compute 17. Storage and Databases 18. Networking 19. Security 20. Machine Learning and Big Data 21. Management Tools 22. Best Practices 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

GCS basics


Managing large amounts of data presents a number of challenges. Even managing relatively small amounts of data well can be challenging. There are countless managed and self-hosted storage solutions available today. Many of these services look to address the same core set of requirements; high durability, low cost, security, and governance to name a few.

Additionally, many applications have more specific requirements. Some applications require that data remain highly available, while others can sacrifice availability in the name of minimizing storage costs. For many applications, the lines of availability and cost are not so clear. Finally, data exists to be used. A good data storage solution should provide clear and easy paths for integration with other tools and services. GCS addresses all of these issues, often in powerful and innovative ways.

On the surface, Cloud Storage is a simple and easy to use general purpose object store, perfect for getting applications up and running...

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