# TIL: Google Cloud Storage and Serverless Options

### **5 Core Storage Options**

1. Cloud Storage
    
    * Object Storage
        
    * **Object** *(e.g. video, pictures, audio recordings)* + **Metadata**
        
2. Cloud SQL
    
    * Fully managed relational databases
        
    * MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server
        
3. Cloud Spanner
    
    * Scales horizontally
        
    * SQL support for online transaction (OLTP) system
        
4. Cloud Bigtable
    
    * NoSQL
        
    * Does not support SQL queries
        
5. Firestore
    
    * NoSQL
        
    * Free quota per day
        

### **4 Serverless Options**

1. App Engine
    
    * host frontend, backend, or both
        
2. Cloud Functions
    
    * event-driven code
        
3. Cloud Run
    
    * containerized apps
        
4. Cloud Run for Anthos
    
    * hybrid/multi-cloud apps