I have an application where thousands of small files are stored in Google Cloud Storage, and I have a million small records of metadata in Firebase Realtime Database.
When I switch database to Cloud Firestore beta in the Firebase Console, it warns me that the Cloud Storage will be disabled:
"Enabling Cloud Firestore Beta will preclude you from using Cloud Datastore with this project, notably from the associated App Engine app."
So I would have to move the files to Cloud Firestore? I don't see any examples from Google on storing files in Cloud Firestore? Should they then be stored as Base64 string or what?
Cloud Storage != Cloud Datastore
Cloud Datastore is a NoSQL database that has been around for quite a while and is very similar to Firestore in many regards. The reason for them not being available in parallel might be that they are actually using the same backend in some way.
Cloud Storage is for storing arbitrary files and isn't affected by you using Firestore at all.
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Firebase Storage is using 490 MB, but no bucket has been initialized.
I am not able to track where this storage com from, but it is quite strange to check that Firebase is charging 0.10 USD for an empty Storage.
Where can I delete this storage and why firebase is charging for having no buckets?
Currently I am using Firebase Authentication, Firestore, Realtime Database, Hosting and Functions.
Every time you deploy to Cloud Functions, it takes some space in a new storage bucket. This is covered in the documentation FAQ about Cloud Functions billing for node 10.
You can delete those files over time if you want.
My recommendation is to use object lifecycles in the artifacts storage bucket! that way the files deletion is automated.
Follow this documentation:
https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/lifecycle
(Firebase should be the one responsible for creating this rule!)
We need to store user data on a database. We also need to store content/info data and images to be dynamically served to the users via a PWA.
When I tried creating the Firestore DB for the users, Firebase warned me:
"Enabling Cloud Firestore will prevent you from using Cloud Datastore with this project, notably from the associated App Engine app"
If this means that we cannot use Firestore and Storage together, what is the standard way to have a database and image content to be served to the users, with Firebase?
Cloud Datastore is not Cloud Storage. They are different Google Cloud products. If you enable Firestore, you will still be able to use Storage just fine.
I learnt about real-time data storage and hosting storage from this post Difference between Data Storage and Hosting Storage?
But i am still not clear about real time Database and and newly introduced file storage.
Does anybody have some brief explanation about it ?
Thanks in advance .
(As per the concern about duplicated with Difference between Data Storage and Hosting Storage? what the problem solves and what i am asking are two different things and hosting storage and file storage are different in case of google firebase )
Firebase now offers these places to store your data:
Realtime Database
Remote Config
Hosting
Storage
Cloud Firestore
The best place to store your data, depends on the type of data you want to store and the way you want to consume it.
The Firebase documentation says this about it:
The Firebase Realtime Database stores JSON application data, like game state or chat messages, and synchronizes changes instantly across all connected devices.
Firebase Remote Config stores developer-specified key-value pairs to change the behavior and appearance of your app without requiring users to download an update.
Firebase Hosting hosts the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for your website as well as other developer-provided assets like graphics, fonts, and icons.
Firebase Storage stores files such as images, videos, and audio as well as other user-generated content.
On choosing between Cloud Firestore and the Firebase Realtime Database, the Firebase documentation says:
Firebase offers two cloud-based, client-accessible database solutions that support realtime data syncing:
Realtime Database is Firebase's original database. It's an efficient, low-latency solution for mobile apps that require synced states across clients in realtime.
Cloud Firestore is Firebase's new flagship database for mobile app development. It improves on the successes of the Realtime Database with a new, more intuitive data model. Cloud Firestore also features richer, faster queries and scales better than the Realtime Database.
*Realtime database store data only json format and it is specially used in app where data is synchronized concurrently like ola app(user location),sensex(Nifty) app where data not persist .
*Firebase Storage just only store data like memory card.It is specially used for store backend data of app.
I learnt about real-time data storage and hosting storage from this post Difference between Data Storage and Hosting Storage?
But i am still not clear about real time Database and and newly introduced file storage.
Does anybody have some brief explanation about it ?
Thanks in advance .
(As per the concern about duplicated with Difference between Data Storage and Hosting Storage? what the problem solves and what i am asking are two different things and hosting storage and file storage are different in case of google firebase )
Firebase now offers these places to store your data:
Realtime Database
Remote Config
Hosting
Storage
Cloud Firestore
The best place to store your data, depends on the type of data you want to store and the way you want to consume it.
The Firebase documentation says this about it:
The Firebase Realtime Database stores JSON application data, like game state or chat messages, and synchronizes changes instantly across all connected devices.
Firebase Remote Config stores developer-specified key-value pairs to change the behavior and appearance of your app without requiring users to download an update.
Firebase Hosting hosts the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for your website as well as other developer-provided assets like graphics, fonts, and icons.
Firebase Storage stores files such as images, videos, and audio as well as other user-generated content.
On choosing between Cloud Firestore and the Firebase Realtime Database, the Firebase documentation says:
Firebase offers two cloud-based, client-accessible database solutions that support realtime data syncing:
Realtime Database is Firebase's original database. It's an efficient, low-latency solution for mobile apps that require synced states across clients in realtime.
Cloud Firestore is Firebase's new flagship database for mobile app development. It improves on the successes of the Realtime Database with a new, more intuitive data model. Cloud Firestore also features richer, faster queries and scales better than the Realtime Database.
*Realtime database store data only json format and it is specially used in app where data is synchronized concurrently like ola app(user location),sensex(Nifty) app where data not persist .
*Firebase Storage just only store data like memory card.It is specially used for store backend data of app.
I learnt about real-time data storage and hosting storage from this post Difference between Data Storage and Hosting Storage?
But i am still not clear about real time Database and and newly introduced file storage.
Does anybody have some brief explanation about it ?
Thanks in advance .
(As per the concern about duplicated with Difference between Data Storage and Hosting Storage? what the problem solves and what i am asking are two different things and hosting storage and file storage are different in case of google firebase )
Firebase now offers these places to store your data:
Realtime Database
Remote Config
Hosting
Storage
Cloud Firestore
The best place to store your data, depends on the type of data you want to store and the way you want to consume it.
The Firebase documentation says this about it:
The Firebase Realtime Database stores JSON application data, like game state or chat messages, and synchronizes changes instantly across all connected devices.
Firebase Remote Config stores developer-specified key-value pairs to change the behavior and appearance of your app without requiring users to download an update.
Firebase Hosting hosts the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for your website as well as other developer-provided assets like graphics, fonts, and icons.
Firebase Storage stores files such as images, videos, and audio as well as other user-generated content.
On choosing between Cloud Firestore and the Firebase Realtime Database, the Firebase documentation says:
Firebase offers two cloud-based, client-accessible database solutions that support realtime data syncing:
Realtime Database is Firebase's original database. It's an efficient, low-latency solution for mobile apps that require synced states across clients in realtime.
Cloud Firestore is Firebase's new flagship database for mobile app development. It improves on the successes of the Realtime Database with a new, more intuitive data model. Cloud Firestore also features richer, faster queries and scales better than the Realtime Database.
*Realtime database store data only json format and it is specially used in app where data is synchronized concurrently like ola app(user location),sensex(Nifty) app where data not persist .
*Firebase Storage just only store data like memory card.It is specially used for store backend data of app.