Video Streaming – Cloud storage streaming service versus Transfer service
Also read External Backends for cloud CDN and hosting a website on GCP Cloud Storage using Cloud CDN
Cloud Storage versus Cloud Storage Streaming Service
To Transfer large files to cloud storage, such as videos, use Cloud Storage Transfer Service
To Stream Videos, use Cloud Storage Streaming Service
If your files also need archiving, Cloud Storage is the best option.
Summary
Slightly confusing to have two services with similar names - and it is easy to mistake the use cases for these two. This post tries to clarify the distinction of which to use when.
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