Google Cloud Digital Leader: Storage Options for Unstructured Data

Skillsoft issued completion badges are earned based on viewing the percentage required or receiving a passing score when assessment is required. Effectively managing unstructured data is essential for organizations to optimize their storage solutions and ensure data accessibility and protection. Leveraging Google Cloud Storage allows businesses to utilize scalable, cost-effective storage options while implementing robust data management practices and advanced features. In this course, you will discover the various storage options for unstructured data, focusing on Google Cloud Storage (GCS). You will navigate through the Google Cloud Console, familiarize yourself with its interface and capabilities, and study the properties of buckets. Then you will explore different storage classes, such as standard, coldline, and archive, and analyze the tradeoffs between storage and access costs. Next, you will learn how to view objects and their metadata within GCS, and practice working with objects using the gsutil command line tool. You will investigate bucket-level retention policies and the importance of placing holds on objects to prevent accidental deletion or modification. Finally, you will examine generation and metageneration, object lifecycle rules, object versioning, and the soft delete feature. This course helps prepare learners for the Google Cloud Digital Leader certification exam.