Cloud Digital Leader Google Cloud Products and Services Practice Question
Which Google Cloud service provides a managed Redis or Memcached in-memory data store for caching and low-latency data access?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Memorystore
Memorystore is the fully managed in-memory data store service for Redis and Memcached, used for caching and low-latency access.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Firestore
Why it's wrong here
Firestore is a document database, not an in-memory cache.
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Bigtable
Why it's wrong here
Bigtable is a wide-column NoSQL database, not an in-memory cache.
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Cloud SQL
Why it's wrong here
Cloud SQL is a relational database, not an in-memory cache.
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Memorystore
Why this is correct
Memorystore provides managed Redis and Memcached.
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