Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Here I introduce the most used Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Storage services are being used today in business.

At the end of this video I provide you simple tips for Google Cloud Data Engineering Exam if you are going to take and pass it in te context of Storage Services.

I use a simple questions based algorithm to decide which GCP Storage service is the best based on your business or project requirement. Following services are introduced:

If your data is not structured and you do not need mobile SDK:
# 1:22 - Google Cloud Storage

If your data is not structured but you need mobile SDK:
# 2:18 - Cloud Storage for Firebase

If you data is structured and your workload is analytic but you do not need updates on low latency:
# 3:44 - Google BigQuery

If you data is structured and your workload is analytic and you need updates on low latency:
# 4:21 - Google BigTable

if your data is structured but your workload is not analytic and your data is not relational and you do not need mobile SDK:
# 5:55 - Google Cloud Datastore

If your data is structured but your workload is not analytic and your data is not relational and you need mobile SDK:
# 7:02 - Cloud Firestore for Firebase

If your data is structured but your workload is not analytic and your data is relational and you do not need horizontal scalability:
# 8:17 - Cloud SQL

If your data is structured but your workload is not analytic and your data is relational and you need horizontal scalability:
# 9:02 - Cloud Spanner

# 9:25 - Hints for GCP Data Engineering Certification Exam.

 Hoping this video will be beneficial to you. Good luck with your learning! Vytautas.