Other Managing Tools

Question 1

IAM Account Types

Answer 1

1. Service account - non human users
2. Google account - single user
3. Google groups - multi users

Question 2

Billing

Answer 2

Based on storage + compute costs. Billing access can be independent to project / app access for financial team.

Question 3

Data Studio 360

Answer 3

Data dashboard / GUI system
Compatible with GCP data storage systems + YouTube.

Pre fetch cache provides data with owner’s credential (can be turned off to allow data freshness or reduce usage costs)

Question 4

Cloud Shell

Answer 4

Temporary VM, recycled approx. every 20 minutes.

Question 5

Cloud Deployment Manager

Answer 5

Specify resources to deploy for containerised application. YML based files to create repeatable deployment process.

Question 6

Data transfer

Answer 6

1. Storage Transfer Service - import online data to cloud Storage (can be scheduled)
2. Transfer Appliance - offline, one-time GCS upload (can use multi threading here)

Best practices: compress files; use AVRO data format.