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PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-ARCHITECT · Question #12

You want to optimize the performance of an accurate, real-time, weather-charting application. The data comes from 50,000 sensors sending 10 readings a second, in the format of a timestamp and sensor…

The correct answer is C. Google Cloud Bigtable. Google Cloud Bigtable is a scalable, fully-managed NoSQL wide-column database that is suitable for both real-time access and analytics workloads. Low-latency read/write access High-throughput analytics Native time series support Common workloads: IoT, finance, adtech…

Submitted by anjalisingh· Mar 30, 2026Designing and planning a cloud solution architecture

Question

You want to optimize the performance of an accurate, real-time, weather-charting application. The data comes from 50,000 sensors sending 10 readings a second, in the format of a timestamp and sensor reading. Where should you store the data?

Options

  • AGoogle BigQuery
  • BGoogle Cloud SQL
  • CGoogle Cloud Bigtable
  • DGoogle Cloud Storage

How the community answered

(32 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    94% (30)

Explanation

Google Cloud Bigtable is a scalable, fully-managed NoSQL wide-column database that is suitable for both real-time access and analytics workloads. Low-latency read/write access High-throughput analytics Native time series support Common workloads: IoT, finance, adtech Personalization, recommendations Geospatial datasets

Topics

#Cloud Bigtable#time-series data#high throughput#IoT data

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