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Cloud Storage

Google Cloud Storage is managed object storage for unstructured data, archives, analytics, and application assets with global namespace and lifecycle controls.

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Major features

Autoclassautoclass
Notificationsevents
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Typical architecture

Applications write objects to a bucket, event notifications trigger processing, and lifecycle rules move data between storage classes.

Common use cases

  • Analytics and machine-learning data
  • Media and application objects
  • Backup and archival tiers

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