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GCP ACE · Question 16 · Domain 2.3: Planning and configuring data storage options

Your application generates massive amounts of time-series IoT data (petabytes). You need a NoSQL database capable of high-throughput, low-latency writes and reads. Which service is MOST appropriate?

Answer options:

A.

Firestore

B.

Cloud SQL

C.

Cloud Bigtable

D.

Cloud Spanner

How to approach this question

Identify the database designed specifically for high-throughput, low-latency NoSQL workloads at petabyte scale.

Full Answer

C.Cloud Bigtable✓ Correct
Cloud Bigtable
Cloud Bigtable is Google's fully managed, scalable NoSQL database service for large analytical and operational workloads. It is ideal for storing very large amounts of single-keyed data with very low latency, making it perfect for IoT, time-series, and financial data.

Common mistakes

Choosing Firestore, which is NoSQL but optimized for document storage and mobile sync, not massive write throughput.

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