Which service runs analytics on data in open formats in object storage, with fine-grained access?
Why D is the answer
BigLake
BigLake extends BigQuery access to data in object storage.
In detail
- BigLake runs analytics on open formats, with fine-grained access.
- Data stays where it is.
Use case
An illustrative scenario, not a real incident.
A team keeps open format files in object storage, and BigLake gives fine-grained access to them.
See it in different ways
flowchart LR A["Cloud Storage"] --> C["Dataplex"] B["BigQuery"] --> C C --> D["Discovery and quality"] C --> E["Federated governance"]
mindmap
root((Stores))
BigQuery
Analytics
Bigtable
Key lookups at scale
Spanner
Global relational
AlloyDB
PostgreSQL
Firestore
Mobile documents
Memorystore
Microsecond cache
Cloud Storage
ObjectssequenceDiagram participant P0 as Analyst participant P1 as BigQuery participant P2 as BigLake table participant P3 as Object storage P0->>P1: Query P1->>P2: Access check P2->>P3: Read files
Key point: BigLake extends access to object storage.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Memorystore
- Memorystore is a cache.
- B. Pub/Sub
- Pub/Sub carries messages.
- C. Cloud Scheduler
- Scheduler starts jobs.