GCP Storage Services
Store data securely in the Google Cloud
| Sl | Product | Description | Usage | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cloud Storage | Object storage for companies. Store any type of data, any amount of data, and retrieve it as often as you’d like. | Stream videos, Image and web asset libraries, Data lakes | GCS Reference |
| 2 | Persistent Disk | Block storage service, fully integrated with Google Cloud products like Compute Engine and GKE. | Disks for virtual machines, Sharing read-only data across multiple virtual machines, Rapid, durable backups of running virtual machines, Storage for databases | Disks Reference |
| 3 | File Store | Filestore instances are fully managed NFS file servers on Google Cloud that can be connected to Compute Engine VMs, GKE clusters, and your on-premises machines. | File sharing workloads for GCE and GKE | File Store Reference |
| 4 | Storage Transfer Service | Transfer data cloud-to-cloud, on-prem to cloud, and between cloud storage buckets. | Data Migration Workloads | STS Reference |
| 5 | Transfer Appliance | Transfer Appliance is a high-capacity storage device that enables you to transfer and securely ship your data to a Google upload facility, where we upload your data to Cloud Storage. | Heavy Data Migration Workloads where network bandwidth is not sufficient to transfer data quickly. | Transfer Appliance Reference |