Google Cloud Platform in Action

Part 2. Storage

Now that you have a better understanding of the fundamentals of the cloud, it’s time to start digging deeper into individual products. To kick things off, we’ll begin by exploring the diverse world of data storage.

Let’s start by getting something out of the way: data storage tends to sound boring. In truth, when you get into the details, storing data is actually complicated. As with anything deceptively complicated, it can be really fascinating if you take the time to explore it properly.

In the following chapters, we’ll look at a variety of storage systems and how they work in Google Cloud Platform. Some of these should be familiar (for example, chapter 4), whereas others were invented by Google and come with lots of new ...