What type of database is Google Drive?

What database does Google Drive use?

Google primarily uses Bigtable. Bigtable is a distributed storage system for managing structured data that is designed to scale to a very large size. For more information, download the document from here.

Is Google Drive considered as database?

Yes, it's possible to do that. It will work fine, because each user has their own data in their own drive. You can store as much data you want in that special folder, as long as it doesn't fill the entire drive quota. Personally, I've done this using spreadsheets for my "database".

What type of storage is Google Drive?

Google Drive is a free cloud-based storage service that enables users to store and access files online. The service syncs stored documents, photos and more across all of the user's devices, including mobile devices, tablets and PCs.

Is Google a SQL or NoSQL?

In Google Cloud use Cloud SQL for any general-purpose SQL database and Cloud Spanner for large-scale globally scalable, strongly consistent use cases. In general, if your data structure may change later and if scale and availability is a bigger requirement then a non-relational database is a preferable choice.