Google Cloud Storage Concepts
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Overview
Google Cloud Storage is a global, scalable and secure object (blob) store. Data at rest is encrypted and there is an option to encrypt it with a custom encryption key. Permissions can be granted to members, team, or the objects can be made fully public. The objects are automatically versioned.
Bucket
Buckets are associated with a project. A bucket is defined by its globally unique name, its geographic location and its storage class.
Name
Location
Storage Class
Standard
Regional or multi-regional. Used for frequent access and the highest availability.
Nearline
Coldline
Archive
Default Storage Class
Labels
Bucket labels are not associated with individual objects or object metadata.