Service tiers

This page describes the service tiers that Filestore offers and provides guidance on selecting the tier that best suits your needs.

Overview

Filestore offers the following service tiers:

  • Basic HDD
  • Basic SSD
  • Zonal
  • Regional
  • Enterprise

Each tier offers different capacity options and performance levels to fit different use cases. The following table shows a comparison of the tiers:

Service Tier Provisionable capacity Scalability Performance Availability Data protection Monthly pricing*
Basic HDD 1 TiB to 63.9 TiB Up only in 1 GiB units Standard fixed Zonal Backups $163.84

($0.16/GiB)
Basic SSD 2.5 TiB to 63.9 TiB Up only in 1 GiB units Premium fixed Zonal Backups $768.00

($0.30/GiB)
Zonal, lower capacity range 1 TiB to 9.75 TiB Up or down in 256 GiB units Scales with capacity Zonal Backups,

Snapshots

 $256.00

($0.25/GiB)
Zonal, higher capacity range 10 TiB to 100 TiB Up or down in 2.5 TiB units Scales with capacity Zonal Backups,

Snapshots

 $2560.00

($0.25/GiB)
Regional 1 TiB to 9.75 TiB Up or down in 256 GiB units Scales with capacity Regional Backups,

Snapshots

 $460.80

($0.45/GiB)
Enterprise 1 TiB to 10 TiB Up or down in 256 GiB units Scales with capacity Regional Backups,

Snapshots

 $460.80

($0.45/GiB)

* Reflects the estimated pricing for a Filestore instance with minimum capacity and located in region us-central1. For more information about pricing, see the Pricing page.

Basic HDD and basic SSD tiers

Basic-tier Filestore instances are suitable for file sharing, software development, and use with GKE workloads. You can choose either HDD or SSD for storing data, with SSD offering greater performance at a higher cost.

Basic HDD instances have a performance increase when the provisioned capacity exceeds 10 TiB. The performance of basic SSD instances is fixed regardless of the provisioned capacity.

Specifications

Specification Basic HDD Basic SSD
Client connections Recommended limit of 500 Recommended limit of 500
File size Up to 16 TiB Up to 16 TiB
Number of files 67,108,864 files per 1 TiB of capacity 67,108,864 files per 1 TiB of capacity
File locks 128 per Filestore instance 128 per Filestore instance
Minimum capacity 1 TiB 2.5 TiB
Maximum capacity 63.9 TiB 63.9 TiB
Scaling direction Up only Up only
Minimum scaling units 1 GiB 1 GiB
Read throughput
  • 1 TiB to 10 TiB capacity: 100 MiB/s
  • 10 TiB to 63.9 TiB capacity: 180 MiB/s
 1,200 MiB/s
Write throughput
  • 1 TiB to 10 TiB capacity: 100 MiB/s
  • 10 TiB to 63.9 TiB capacity: 120 MiB/s
 350 MiB/s
Read IOPS
  • 1 TiB to 10 TiB capacity: 600
  • 10 TiB to 63.9 TiB capacity: 1,000
 60,000
Write IOPS
  • 1 TiB to 10 TiB capacity: 1,000
  • 10 TiB to 63.9 TiB capacity: 5,000
 25,000
Availability Zonal Zonal
Data protection Backups Backups
Customer-managed encryption keys Not supported Not supported
Non-disruptive maintenance Not supported Not supported
Google Cloud VMware Engine Not supported Not supported

Standard and premium

Standard and premium are legacy Filestore service tiers.

Should you use standard and premium?

  • Basic HDD replaces the standard service tier.
  • Basic SSD replaces the premium service tier.

When creating new instances, users are strongly encouraged to use these replacements. Legacy service tiers will continue to be supported for specific legacy customer use cases.

Zonal

Filestore offers a zonal service tier with options for a higher or lower capacity range (GA). The entire service tier ranges from 1 TiB to 100 TiB in size.

Zonal with a higher capacity range

The zonal service tier with a higher capacity range replaces the previously available high scale SSD service tier. Instance capacity continues to range from 10 TiB to 100 TiB in size, and scale in increments of 2.5 TiB.

This offering is suitable for high performance computing application requirements such as genome sequencing, and financial-services trading analysis. It offers fast performance that scales up or down with capacity.

This service tier and capacity range offer the same quota as the legacy high scale SSD service tier.

Zonal with a lower capacity range

The zonal service tier with a lower capacity range provides similar performance with the following benefits:

  • Optional smaller capacity, with instances ranging from 1 TiB to 9.75 TiB in size

  • Support for scalability in increments of 256 GiB

  • Support for non-disruptive upgrades (NDUs)

When compared with basic SSD instances, zonal instances with the lower capacity range may provide a better option for users that require higher availability and lower capacity.

When compared with regional or enterprise instances, it may provide a more cost-effective option.

If not specified, the lower capacity range is the default setting at instance creation.

This service tier and capacity range offers a quota that matches regional and enterprise instances.

Zonal limitations

The following feature limits apply:

  • When pricing is implemented, applicable fees apply.

  • Capacity range selection is permanent. Once the outer limits of the instance capacity are met, the service tier does not scale up or down to a new capacity range. If greater or lower capacity is needed, you must create a new instance with the service tier and capacity range you want to use.

Specifications

Specification Zonal with a lower capacity range Zonal with a higher capacity range
Client connections 2,000 per 1 TiB, scaling in increments of 500,
for up to 19,500 connections		 8,000 per 10 TiB, scaling in increments of 2,000,
for up to 80,000 connections
File size Up to the size of the instance capacity Up to the size of the instance capacity
Number of files No practical limit No practical limit
File locks 250 per file 250 per file
Minimum capacity 1 TiB 10 TiB
Maximum capacity 9.75 TiB 100 TiB
Scaling direction Up or down Up or down
Minimum scaling units 256 GiB 2.5 TiB
Read throughput 260 MiB/s per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity 650 MiB/s per 2.5 TiBs of provisioned capacity
Write throughput 88 MiB/s per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity 220 MiB/s per 2.5 TiBs of provisioned capacity
Read IOPS 9,200 per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity 23,000 per 2.5 TiBs of provisioned capacity
Write IOPS 2,600 per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity 6,500 per 2.5 TiBs of provisioned capacity
Availability Zonal Zonal
Data protection Backups, Snapshots Backups, Snapshots
Customer-managed encryption keys Supported Supported
Non-disruptive maintenance Supported (zonal instances remain available during maintenance events.) Supported (zonal instances remain available during maintenance events.)
Google Cloud VMware Engine Supported Supported

High scale SSD

High scale SSD is a legacy Filestore service tier.

Should you use high scale SSD?

When creating new instances, users are strongly encouraged to use the zonal service tier for their zonal file storage needs. The legacy high scale SSD service tier will continue to be supported for specific use cases such as users requiring backups for existing high scale SSD instances.

Regional

Filestore now offers a regional service tier (GA).

The regional (1 TiB to 9.75 TiB) service tier replaces the previously available enterprise service tier and provides the following benefits:

  • Instance capacity ranges from 1 TiB to 9.75 TiB, scaling up or down in increments of 256 GiB (0.25 TiB)
  • Optimized for enterprise-grade network attached storage (NAS)
  • Provides regional storage resilient to zone outages which supports the following:
    • Data replication across multiple zones within a region
    • High availability for mission-critical, high performance computing workloads running within a large namespace
  • Allows for non-disruptive upgrades (NDUs)
  • Supports linear performance that scales with capacity
  • Provides the same per project, per region, instance quota available in the legacy enterprise service tier
  • Offers pricing that matches the legacy enterprise service tier

Enterprise

Enterprise is a legacy Filestore service tier.

Should you use Enterprise?

When creating new instances, users are strongly encouraged to use the regional service tier for their regional file storage needs. The legacy enterprise service tier will continue to be supported for specific use cases such as users requiring Filestore multishares or users requiring backups for existing enterprise instances.

For more information, see Regional limitations.

Regional limitations

The following limitations apply:

  • The regional service tier can't be combined with the Filestore multishares feature.
  • The regional service tier can't be combined with the GKE Filestore CSI driver.
  • 10 TiB regional instances are not supported.
    • If you want to create a regional resource with 10 TiB instance capacity, you must use the legacy enterprise service tier. These create operations are not supported through the Google Cloud console and must be made directly through the API or by using gcloud.
  • The same limitations that apply to enterprise backups also apply to regional backups.
    • Backup restore operations are only supported when restoring to a new instance. For these operations, the new instance must match the service tier and also accommodate instance capacity greater than or equal to the size of the backup.
    • For a detailed description of backup limitations, see Backups.
  • For a detailed list of limitations by service tier, see Quotas and Limits.

Regional and legacy enterprise service tiers

The regional service tier provides nearly identical capabilities as the legacy enterprise service tier. The following table compares their unique specifications.

Specifications

Specification Regional Enterprise
Client connections 2,000 per 1 TiB, scaling in increments of 500,
for up to 19,500 connections		 2,000 per 1 TiB, scaling in increments of 500,
for up to 20,000 connections
File size Up to the size of instance capacity Up to the size of instance capacity
Number of files No practical limit No practical limit
File locks 250 per file 250 per file
Minimum capacity 1 TiB 1 TiB
Maximum capacity 9.75 TiB 10 TiB
Scaling direction Up or down Up or down
Minimum scaling units 256 GiB 256 GiB
Read throughput 120 MiB/s per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity 120 MiB/s per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity
Write throughput 100 MiB/s per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity 100 MiB/s per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity
Read IOPS 12,000 per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity 12,000 per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity
Write IOPS 4,000 per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity 4,000 per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity
Availability Regional Regional
Data protection Backups,
Snapshots		 Backups,
Snapshots
Customer-managed encryption keys Supported Supported
Non-disruptive maintenance Supported (Regional instances remain available during maintenance events.) Supported (Enterprise instances remain available during maintenance events.)
Google Cloud VMware Engine Supported Supported
Filestore multishares for GKE Not supported Supported

Enterprise tier with Filestore multishares for GKE

A Filestore enterprise tier instance combined with the Filestore multishares for GKE feature supports up to 80 shares in the instance.

For more information, see Filestore multishares for GKE.

Quota

A Filestore project's storage capacity and instance quota are influenced by the region and service tier you choose.

To see your available quota, go to the Quotas page in the Google Cloud console.

Go to Quotas

If you need to request additional quota, see Requesting quota increases.

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