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Reputation: 7856

Google Computer Engine or Google Cloud Service?

I am confused on the PaaS and laaS concept in regards to which is best for native Android apps. I only want to use a server to store images that my application can retrieve using REST. For this purpose, should I be using Google Computer Engine, Google App Engine or Google Cloud Service? There are way too many options. Can anyone provide some clarity please.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 123

Answers (1)

Andrei Volgin
Andrei Volgin

Reputation: 41089

If you only need to store images, use Google Cloud Storage. This is a scalable solution for storing files in the cloud, and it is the most economical solution for storing static content.

Google App Engine and Google Compute Engine provide "instances" - virtual machines for your backend application. If you don't need a backend, you do not need to use either of these services.

UPDATE:

If you need to do something with your images on the server side, however, then you cannot use Google Cloud Storage alone. You will need to have a backend (on App Engine or Compute Engine) that processes images using Google Cloud Storage as a file storage option.

You can read more on various parts of Google's platform here:

Google Cloud Platform

Upvotes: 1

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