Storage and database options on Google Cloud – the big three
As we said, there are a lot of options available for database and storage. While we will talk about all of these services, this chapter will focus more on a few key services because as with compute options, Google Cloud offers fully managed platforms for storage that help new developers achieve more while doing less. Additionally, it's unlikely that most new cloud developers would need to use all of the services provided in Google Cloud. Most developers only need a few (or in some cases, only one) storage and database services to get things off the ground. These services, which we'll focus on first, are Google Cloud Storage (GCS), Google Cloud SQL, Google Firestore, Google Spanner, and Google Bigtable. Additionally, we'll also talk about Cloud FileStore, BigQuery, Memorystore, and Persistent Disk.
GCS – basics
Before we dive deeper, let's clear up some of the basics including concepts...