GCS Overview
GCS Overview
several areas:
1. Compute:
• Compute Engine: Virtual machines running in Google’s data centers.
• Kubernetes Engine: Managed Kubernetes for containerized applications.
• App Engine: Platform as a Service (PaaS) for building scalable web
applications and mobile backends.
• Cloud Functions: Event-driven serverless computing.
2. Storage & Databases:
• Cloud Storage: Object storage service for storing and accessing data.
• Cloud SQL: Managed relational databases for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL
Server.
• Firestore: NoSQL document database.
• Bigtable: NoSQL database for large-scale, low-latency workloads.
• Persistent Disk: Block storage for Compute Engine.
3. Networking:
• VPC: Virtual Private Cloud for networking.
• Cloud CDN: Content delivery network to speed up web and video content
delivery.
• Cloud Interconnect: Extends on-premises networks to Google’s network.
4. Big Data & Analytics:
• BigQuery: Fully-managed data warehouse for large-scale data analytics.
• Dataflow: Stream and batch data processing.
• Pub/Sub: Messaging service for event-driven systems.
• Dataproc: Managed Hadoop and Spark services.
5. AI & Machine Learning:
• AI Platform: Tools and infrastructure for developing, deploying, and
managing ML models.
• TensorFlow: Open-source ML framework developed by Google.
• Vision AI: Image analysis.
• Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech: Audio processing services.
6. Identity & Security:
• IAM (Identity and Access Management): Manage access to resources.
• Cloud Security Command Center: Security and data risk platform.
• Cloud KMS (Key Management Service): Encryption key management.
7. Management Tools:
• Cloud Deployment Manager: Infrastructure management using configuration
files.
• Cloud Console: Web-based interface for managing Google Cloud resources.
• Cloud Monitoring: Monitoring and alerting for applications.
8. Developer Tools:
• Cloud SDK: Command-line tools for managing Google Cloud resources.
• Cloud Build: Continuous integration and delivery service.
• Cloud Source Repositories: Managed Git repositories.
These services are designed to be highly scalable, reliable, and secure, allowing
businesses to build and run applications efficiently.
Q1: How does Google Cloud ensure the security of its services?
Q2: What are the advantages of using Google Cloud’s managed database services over
self-managed databases?
Q3: Can you explain the differences between Google Cloud’s Compute Engine and App
Engine?