Google Storage for Developers: A Preview
As developers and businesses move to the cloud, there’s a growing demand
for core services such as storage that power cloud applications. Today we are introducing
Google Storage for Developers,
a RESTful cloud service built on Google’s storage and networking
infrastructure.
Using this RESTful API,
developers can easily connect their applications to fast, reliable storage replicated across
several US data centers. The service offers multiple authentication methods, SSL support and
convenient access controls for sharing with individuals and groups. It is highly scalable -
supporting read-after-write data consistency, objects of hundreds of gigabytes in size per
request, and a domain-scoped namespace. In addition, developers can manage their storage from
a web-based interface and use
GSUtil, an
open-source command-line tool and library.
We are introducing Google Storage for Developers to a limited
number of developers at this time. During the preview, each developer will receive up to 100GB
of data storage and 300GB monthly bandwidth at no charge. To learn more and sign up for the
waiting list, please visit
our
website.
We’ll be demoing
the service at Google I/O in
our
session and in the Developer Sandbox. We’re looking forward to meeting those of you
who are attending.
Posted by Jessie
Jiang, Google Storage for Developers Team
