Google Cloud → AWS and Azure
AWS and Azure equivalents of Cloud Storage hierarchical namespace
The closest AWS equivalent of Google Cloud Cloud Storage hierarchical namespace is Amazon S3; on Azure, Azure Data Lake Storage (hierarchical namespace).
About Cloud Storage hierarchical namespace
| Provider | Google Cloud |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | Bucket option with real folders and atomic folder operations such as rename, for analytics and AI/ML workloads. |
| Documentation | docs.cloud.google.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
Mappings (1)
| Capability | AWS | Match (GCP vs AWS) | Azure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data lake storage with real directories | Amazon S3 | Direct match | Azure Data Lake Storage (hierarchical namespace) |
Data lake storage with real directories Direct match
A data lake with real directories maps to Cloud Storage buckets with hierarchical namespace, which add folders and atomic folder rename.
- Hierarchical namespace is chosen when the bucket is created.
- Plain S3 has only a flat namespace with prefixes, so this is closer to Azure Data Lake Storage than to S3.