GCP Cloud-Native Databases

This section covers key database services offered by Google Cloud Platform (GCP), designed for modern applications that require global scale, strong consistency, and machine learning integrations.

🗂️ Services Covered

• Cloud SQL: Managed relational database service for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server.
• Cloud Spanner: Fully managed, globally-distributed relational database with transactional consistency at scale.
• Cloud Bigtable: Fully managed, wide-column NoSQL database for large analytical and operational workloads.
• Firestore: Flexible, scalable NoSQL document database for mobile, web, and server development.
• BigQuery: Serverless, highly scalable data warehouse with built-in machine learning capabilities.

This section will provide theory, use cases, best practices, and interview questions for each of these services.