Should I move my static resources from App Engine to Google Cloud Storage?

Question

We have a web application in App Engine. I was wondering whether it is a good idea to move my static resources (i.e Images, CSS files, and JS files) out from App Engine and serv

Answer 1

You are right, and the answer you accepted is wrong. The answer to your question from the official docs:

https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/website-configuration

Hosting static assets for a dynamic website

You can use a Google Cloud Storage to host static assets for a dynamic website hosted, for example, in Google App Engine or in Google Compute Engine. Some benefits of hosting your static assets, like images or Javascript files, in a bucket include:

• Google Cloud Storage behaves essentially like a Content Delivery Network (CDN) with no work on your part because publicly readable objects are, by default, cached in the Google Cloud Storage network.
• Bandwidth charges for accessing content will typically cost less with Google Cloud Storage.
• The load on your web servers is lessened when serving the static content from Google Cloud Storage.