GCP's building blocks

Introduction to GCP

Nabeel Imam

Content Developer at DataCamp

Core components

Cloud Storage, a secure vault for files

Cloud SQL stores and manages tabular data

Logog of Google Cloud SQL

Compute Engine is the virtual machine hub

App Engine runs web applications

Logo of Google App Engine

A secure framework

Security forms the base layer of all GCP services. Other services relating to storage and compute are built on top of the security layer.

A secure framework

Advance services, like analytics and AI, are built on top of storage and compute services, which are in turn built on top of the security layer of GCP.

The infinite disk

Storage that grows with your needs
Secure and private

An endless corridor surrounded by stacks of computers.

The infinite disk

Data is stored at multiple locations

Stacks of hard drives are dotted across the map of USA, all connected to form a network of storage.

Compute

A digital workspace
Customizable and accessible

A team works on their laptops connected to the cloud.

Compute

Compute Engine

Virtual machines with flexible CPU and memory
Flexible infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS)
Ideal for custom software

App Engine

Logo of Google App Engine

Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) with support for various programming languages
Scales automatically to suit the needs of the application
GCP manages the infrastructure

BigQuery

Data warehousing tool
Access vast databases efficiently
Fully managed by GCP

A logo of Google BigQuery superimposed on the picture of a warehouse where a person analyzes data on their tablet device.

Vertex AI

One-stop shop for exploration and prediction
Option to use no-code or bespoke models

Logo of Google's Vertex AI platform superimposed on a person analyzing data and creating lots of visualizations.

Services in harmony

The picture of a city where buildings are interconnected nodes in a vast network.

Services in harmony

Storage is residence

Overhead view of a residential area.

Compute services perform functions

Overhead view of a busy city intersection.

Services in harmony

BigQuery is the library that turns data into information

A large multi-floor library, each floor full of bookshelves.

Vertex AI is the university

A university building and it's courtyard with a few students walking in and out.

Let's practice!

Introduction to GCP