Item: Google Container Registry
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

During one of our recent projects, we relied heavily on GCR. We had a significant amount of application code to handle and ensuring reliable backups was essential. GCR proved to be the perfect platform for our requirements, offering top-tier security and ample storage capacity. It streamlined the process of managing our application code and its backups, ensuring a worry-free experience. Its integration is very easy with other cloud services , we used it GKE and Cloud Functions and it was very hassle-free .

Pros and Cons

Object Immutability feature allows us to protect our code and backups from accidental or malicious changes.
Data loss prevention feature helps us to prevent sensitive data from being leaked or exposed.
GCR has support for machine learning which is in my opinion is best .

The one area which i think GCR lacks is that it currently supports a limited number of file types
The major flaw a felt while working on it is it does not have feature of object versioning and object locking

Return on Investment

As a DevOps Engineer , GCR has made a important contribution to my organisation because GCR can be used to store code and assets, which can help to reduce the development time for new projects.
Using GCR has been a cost-effective solution for us since we only pay for the storage we actually utilise. This has resulted in significant savings on our cloud storage expenses.
We trust GCR because they prioritise the security of our data by utilising industry-standard encryption. This assurance brings us peace of mind, as we know our information is protected.

Alternatives Considered

Google Kubernetes Engine, Google Cloud Functions, Google Cloud Build and Google Cloud Run

It is very easy to integrate GCR with other services and I integrated GCR with GKE and Cloud Build. 1: While working on one project I created one pipeline pulls the app's Docker image from GCR and builds the app's Docker image. Deployed that apps image in GKE.
2: Ive stored the data in GCR and that data was being used by cloud Run applications

Key Insights

Do you think Google Container Registry delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Google Container Registry's feature set?

Yes

Did Google Container Registry live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Google Container Registry go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Google Container Registry again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Bitbucket, Prometheus, HashiCorp Terraform

Likelihood to Recommend

As a Cloud Engineer while working on a migration project we used GCR and my experience of using it is actually good the reason behind this is: 1: GCR uses industry-standard encryption to protect your data.2: GCR offers data loss prevention features to help you prevent sensitive data from being leaked or exposed and last but not the least is GCR provides audit logging so you can track who has accessed your data and when, because of these reasons its my go to tool.

GCR: Where Security Meets Scalability for Your Storage Needs.

Overall Satisfaction with Google Container Registry