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Professional Cloud Architect
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Storage Transfer Service

Professional Cloud Architect

Design, plan, and manage secure, scalable, and highly available solutions on Google Cloud, and track your readiness for the Professional Cloud Architect exam Domain by Domain.

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Storage Transfer Service

Topic in 8 exam domains

Also called: Cloud Storage Transfer Service, Google Cloud Storage Transfer Service, STS

A Google Cloud service used to copy and transfer data across storage repositories.

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8 objectives in 4 of 6 domains

Domain 1
Designing and planning a cloud solution architecture
~25% of exam
1. 1.1Designing a cloud solution infrastructure that meets business requirements
  - Business continuity plan
  - Movement of data
2. 1.2Designing a cloud solution infrastructure that meets technical requirements
  - High availability and fail-over design
3. 1.4Creating a migration plan (i.e., documents and architectural diagrams)
  - Assessing and migrating systems and data to support the solution (e.g., Google Cloud Migration Center)
Domain 2
Managing and provisioning a cloud solution infrastructure
~17.5% of exam
1. 2.2Configuring individual storage systems
  - Configuration for data transfer and latency
  - Data protection (e.g., backup and recovery)
Domain 4
Analyzing and optimizing technical and business processes
~15% of exam
1. 4.2Analyzing and defining business processes
  - Business continuity
Domain 5
Managing implementation
~12.5% of exam
1. 5.1Advising development and operation teams to ensure the successful deployment of the solution
  - Data and system migration and management tooling

Related topics

service agentConcept Application Default CredentialsFeature Identity and Access ManagementService Customer-managed encryption keysFeature VPC Service ControlsService Compute EngineService Pub/SubService Cloud StorageService Secret ManagerService Cloud LoggingService Managed Service for Apache AirflowService Cloud Run functionsService Cloud RunService

Storage Transfer ServiceService

Google Cloud StorageService FilestoreService gcloud storageFeature Transfer ApplianceService cross-bucket replicationFeature

Points to what builds on itWorks with or alternative to

Cloud Storage works with Storage Transfer Service
Storage Transfer Service depends on service agent
Cloud Logging works with Storage Transfer Service
Storage Transfer Service depends on Application Default Credentials
cross-bucket replication works with Storage Transfer Service
Google Cloud Storage works with Storage Transfer Service
Secret Manager works with Storage Transfer Service
Storage Transfer Service works with VPC Service Controls
Filestore works with Storage Transfer Service
gcloud storage is an alternative to Storage Transfer Service
Pub/Sub works with Storage Transfer Service
Storage Transfer Service is an alternative to Transfer Appliance
cross-bucket replication depends on Storage Transfer Service
Identity and Access Management works with Storage Transfer Service
Storage Transfer Service depends on Cloud Storage
Application Default Credentials works with Cloud Storage
Application Default Credentials works with Pub/Sub
Application Default Credentials secures Pub/Sub
Pub/Sub depends on Application Default Credentials
Application Default Credentials works with Secret Manager
Application Default Credentials works with Compute Engine
Application Default Credentials secures Cloud Storage
Cloud Storage depends on Application Default Credentials
Application Default Credentials works with Google Cloud Storage
Cloud Logging works with Customer-managed encryption keys
Cloud Run works with Pub/Sub
Cloud Run works with Cloud Storage
Cloud Run works with Secret Manager
Managed Service for Apache Airflow works with Secret Manager
Application Default Credentials works with Cloud Run functions
Cloud Run functions depends on Application Default Credentials
Pub/Sub works with Secret Manager
Application Default Credentials secures Compute Engine
Cloud Run functions works with Cloud Storage
Secret Manager depends on Application Default Credentials
Cloud Run depends on Pub/Sub
Cloud Run functions works with Pub/Sub
Compute Engine works with Secret Manager
Customer-managed encryption keys secures Cloud Storage
Cloud Logging works with Managed Service for Apache Airflow
Cloud Run depends on Application Default Credentials
Cloud Run functions depends on Pub/Sub
Cloud Storage works with Managed Service for Apache Airflow
Customer-managed encryption keys secures Pub/Sub
Cloud Storage works with Customer-managed encryption keys
Cloud Storage works with Identity and Access Management
Cloud Storage works with Pub/Sub
Cloud Storage is an alternative to Pub/Sub
Customer-managed encryption keys secures Secret Manager
Identity and Access Management secures Secret Manager
VPC Service Controls secures Cloud Storage
Application Default Credentials works with Cloud Run
Application Default Credentials secures Cloud Run functions
Application Default Credentials works with Identity and Access Management
Cloud Logging depends on Application Default Credentials
Cloud Logging works with Cloud Storage
Cloud Logging works with Pub/Sub
Identity and Access Management secures Cloud Storage
VPC Service Controls secures Managed Service for Apache Airflow
Application Default Credentials secures Secret Manager

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