As we mentioned at the start of this chapter, there are various storage services offered by Google. You must understand what the correct storage to use is for your requirements. Google provides a nice flow chart that we can walk through. It is easy to follow and shows how requirements will dictate which storage option to select. Take some time to look at the following decision tree. The diagram works through key questions to make sure that the storage service we select will fulfill the requirements:
With the preceding diagram in mind, let's walk through an example:
- First, we need to understand whether our data will be structured. Different services will be recommended depending on this answer.
- If our data is structured, then we should check whether our workload is for analytics.
- If our data is not for analytics, then we should check whether...
