GCP Cloud Storage (10 min)

What is Cloud Storage?

Google Cloud Storage is a unified object storage service that lets businesses store and access data of any size and format, from live application data to data archived for compliance purposes.

Key Features

Cloud Storage offers multiple storage classes — Standard, Nearline, Coldline, and Archive — allowing businesses to optimize costs based on how often data needs to be accessed, along with strong global availability and durability.

Common Use Cases

Cloud Storage is widely used for hosting website content, storing backups and archives, and serving as a data lake for big data analytics and machine learning pipelines.