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How is it different than Datastore? https://cloud.google.com/datastore/ https://cloud.google.com/datastore/

• Goranek 12y ago
  datastore is a copy of Google Megastore service. It has indexes, sql like queries, transactions.. and you don't need to run servers like with BigTable (you pay for documents and api calls only)
  • SjuulJanssen 12y ago
    Why would I want to manage instances?
    • Goranek 12y ago
      Well that's up to you to decide :)
    • vgt 12y ago
      I don't believe you need to manage anything with BigTable.. "instances" is a concept to describe iterations of scale only
• berns 12y ago
  From the docs, under "Cloud Bigtable and other storage options" If you need to store highly structured objects, or if you require support for ACID transactions and SQL-like queries, consider Cloud Datastore.
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• bduerst 12y ago
  I thought the same, and found this while digging through the documentation: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/#title_short_and_other_storage_options https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/#title_short_and_othe... > If you need to store highly structured objects, or if you require support for ACID transactions and SQL-like queries, consider Cloud Datastore.