Managed Databases (RDMBS, NoSQL), Object Storage and Archival
Whatever your storage needs, Google Cloud Platform has you covered. We offer object storage in three flavors for different needs and price points as well as managed MySQL and globally-scalable NoSQL databases. Our archival storage provides industry-leading pricing with the performance of disc.
Powerful & Simple Storage
Google Cloud Storage offers developers and IT organizations durable and highly available object storage. Google created three simple product options to help you address the needs of your applications while keeping your costs low. These three product options use the same API, providing you with a simple and consistent method of access.
Highly Available Cold Storage
A low-cost, highly-durable and highly available storage service for data archiving, online backup and disaster recovery. Data is available instantly, not within hours or days. With 3 second average response times and 1 cent per GB/month pricing, Google Cloud Storage Nearline gives you terrific performance at a low cost.
Massively Scalable NoSQL
Google Cloud Bigtable is Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail. Cloud Bigtable is designed to handle massive workloads at consistent low latency and high throughput, so it's a great choice for both operational and analytical applications, including IoT, user analytics, and financial data analysis.
Highly Scalable NoSQL Database
Google Cloud Datastore is a highly-scalable NoSQL database for your applications. Cloud Datastore automatically handles sharding and replication, providing you with a highly available and durable database that scales automatically to handle your applications' load. Cloud Datastore provides a myriad of capabilities such as ACID transactions, SQL-like queries, indexes and much more.
Fully-managed MySQL database
Google Cloud SQL is a fully-managed database service that makes it easy to set-up, maintain, manage and administer your relational MySQL databases in the cloud. Our Cloud SQL Second Generation BETA offers improved performance, scalability, and convenience. Hosted on Google Cloud Platform, Cloud SQL provides a database infrastructure for applications running anywhere.
Storage guides and resources
Choosing a Storage Option
Learn about all the different storage options for structured, unstructured, transactional, or relational data.
Learn about storage optionsObject Storage Classes
We offer three types of object storage classes with different availability, latency, and throughput characteristics.
Learn about storage classesStorage Solutions for any Scale
Watch how Cloud Platform can scale from concept to petabytes based on your needs.
Watch VideoCloud Storage Transfer Service
Use Cloud Storage Transfer Service to quickly import online data into Cloud Storage.
Learn about Cloud Storage Transfer ServiceGet started with gsutil
Learn how to access Cloud Storage from the command line.
View the quickstartLoading Offline Data
Load offline data into Cloud Storage with the help of some of our service providers.
Learn about Offline Media Import/Export“ That's a pretty staggering point of differentiation Google is offering essentially real-time access to archived files compared to Glacier that strings it out for hours. ”
— Forbes