Data sets for investigation and research can be critical and need to be kept around for at least the life of a research project, but possibly much longer based on data retention policies. Google Cloud Storages (GCS) is object storage that is resilient and easy to use and scale. GCS has such features as: *>*9.99% availability for standard, and *>*99.95% for other storage classes Multiple storage classes (Standard, Nearline, Coldline, and Archive) which can be managed automatically based on access frequency or time.