On the podcast this week, our guests Brian Schwarz and Sean Derrington discuss the ins and outs of the new storage launches with your hosts Stephanie Wong and Jenny Brown. Brian gives light introductions to the five facets of Google’s data storage portfolio, like the primary storage solutions for files, storage of backups of data, and data transfer software and hardware.

Lately, the Google team has been enhancing existing data solutions and building new ones. Cloud Storage’s multi-region and custom dual-region options easily let customers keep data safe and accessible. Our guests explain what happens behind the scenes to make these features so effective. Brian and Sean describe the user experience, including how clients can see when data is being replicated and where. New capabilities like Turbo Replication allow more modernization for clients moving to the cloud as well.

Sean talks about the new Filestore Enterprise, which allows companies to move critical apps to the cloud quickly and securely, and we learn why accurate, fast file and data replication is so important for these large customers. If there is corruption or accidental deletion of a file, Brian and Sean tell us about the fail-safes that are in place and the process for recovery. Filestore Enterprise, Filestore Basic, and GKE working together offer a more customized approach for large clients, allowing them to allocate their critical projects to Enterprise and other less important applications to Basic. Stateful applications in containers are becoming more popular as well, and our guests tell us how Backup for GKE is the easiest way to protect GKE workloads.

Brian Schwarz

Brian has had 20 years in product management in data center infrastructure. Before Google, he spent time at Veritas, Cisco, and most recently Pure Storage.

Sean Derrington

Sean has spent 20 years in storage product management. Before Google, he spent time at Veritas, Exablox, and StorageCraft.

Cool things of the week

• Run code samples directly in the Google Cloud documentation blog
• Why representation matters: 6 tips on how to build DEI into your business blog
• Google Cloud announces new Cloud Digital Leader training and certification blog
• Google Cloud Next site

Interview

• GKE site
• Google Cloud Storage site
• Filestore site
• Filestore Enterprise docs
• New storage features help ensure data is never lost blog
• Announcing Filestore Enterprise, for your most demanding apps blog
• Announcing Backup for GKE: the easiest way to protect GKE workloads blog
• Webinar: What’s New with Storage at Google Cloud site

What’s something cool you’re working on?

Jenny is working on Google Cloud Reader and further audio formats for all your favorite cloud content.