Chapter 2: Big Data Capabilities on GCP

One of the most common scenarios when people start using Google Cloud Platform or GCP is getting lost because there are too many products and services. GCP offers a very broad range of services for multiple disciplines, for example, for application development, microservices, security, AI, and of course, one of them is Big Data. But even for big data products, there are multiple options that you can choose. 

As an analogy, GCP is like a supermarket. A supermarket has almost everything that you need to support your daily life. For example, if you plan to cook pasta and go to a supermarket to buy the ingredients, no one will tell you what ingredients you should buy, or even if you know the ingredients, you will still be offered the ingredients by different brands, price tags, and producers. If you fail to make the right decision, you will end up cooking bad pasta. In GCP it's the same; you need to be able to choose your own services...