Choosing the right storage option
As we mentioned at the beginning of this chapter, various storage services are 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. This diagram works through some key questions to make sure that the storage service we select will fulfill our requirements:
Figure 11.1 – Storage options
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 our data is relational...
