Which of the below listed is a Zonal resource and not a Multiregional resource?

Correct Answer: A.

Option A is correct.

Compute Engine virtual machines are Zonal resources, and customers can manage redundancy across zones or regions on their own if required.

Option B is incorrect.

Cloud Storage is a Multiregional resource.

Option C is incorrect.

Datastore is a Multiregional resource.

Option D is incorrect.

Firestore is a Multiregional resource.

https://cloud.google.com/compute https://cloud.google.com/storage https://cloud.google.com/datastore https://cloud.google.com/firestore

Zonal resources are those resources that are created within a single zone. A zone is a deployment area within a region that contains resources. In contrast, multiregional resources are those resources that are replicated across multiple regions for high availability and durability.

Out of the options given, Compute Engine virtual machines, Datastore, and Firestore can all be created as either zonal or multiregional resources.

Cloud Storage, on the other hand, is a multiregional resource. When a user creates a bucket in Cloud Storage, they can choose the bucket's location, which determines the bucket's default storage class and the location of its metadata. The location can be a multiregion, dual-region, region, or a single zone, but it cannot be just a single zone. Therefore, Cloud Storage is not a zonal resource.

Therefore, the correct answer is B. Cloud Storage.