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:

  • Zonal
  • Regional
  • Basic HDD

  • Basic SSD

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
Zonal 1 TiB to 9.75 TiB Up or down in 256 GiB units Configurable Zonal Backups,

Snapshots
Zonal 10 TiB to 100 TiB Up or down in 2.5 TiB units Configurable Zonal Backups,

Snapshots
Regional 1 TiB to 9.75 TiB Up or down in 256 GiB units Configurable Regional Backups,

Snapshots
Regional 10 TiB to 100 TiB Up or down in 2.5 TiB units Configurable Regional Backups,

Snapshots
Enterprise 1 TiB to 10 TiB Up or down in 256 GiB units Scales with capacity Regional Backups,

Snapshots
Basic HDD (on GKE)* 100 GiB to 63.9 TiB Up only in 1 GiB units Standard fixed Zonal Backups
Basic HDD 1 TiB to 63.9 TiB Up only in 1 GiB units Standard fixed Zonal Backups
Basic SSD 2.5 TiB to 63.9 TiB Up only in 1 GiB units Premium fixed Zonal Backups

* Basic HDD (on GKE) refers to basic HDD instances with a minimum capacity of 100 GiB provisioned with the Filestore CSI driver. Basic HDD (on GKE) instances with capacity lower than 1 TiB consume 1 TiB of quota.

Pricing

For detailed information about pricing for each service tier, see the Pricing page.

Zonal

The zonal (10 TiB to 100 TiB) service tier replaces the high scale SSD, a former service tier. This service tier is suitable for high performance computing application requirements such as genome sequencing, and financial services trading analysis.

Zonal instance capacity ranges from 1 TiB to 100 TiB:

  • The zonal (1 TiB to 9.75 TiB) service tier with lower capacity range scales up or down in increments of 256 GiB (0.25 TiB). This tier is suitable for you if you require higher availability and lower capacity.
  • The zonal (10 TiB to 100 TiB) service tier with higher capacity range scales up or down in increments of 2.5 TiB. This tier is a more cost-effective option compared to the regional service tier.

Zonal instances allow for non-disruptive upgrades (NDUs) and support custom performance that lets you define the performance settings independently from capacity.

For detailed specifications, see the following table:

Zonal specifications
Specification Zonal (1 TiB to 9.75 TiB) Zonal (10 TiB to 100 TiB)
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* Approximately 89,000,000 files per 1 TiB of capacity Approximately 89,000,000 files per 1 TiB of capacity
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
Filestore multishares for GKE Not supported Not supported
Protocol support NFSv3, NFSv4.1 NFSv3, NFSv4.1
Instance replication Supported (Allowlisted GA) Supported (Allowlisted GA)
Custom performance Supported Supported

* The number of files listed is an indication of the maximum number of supported connections to small or empty files. The number of supported file connections decreases as file size increases. While no practical limit exists across service tiers, instance performance may be delayed when supporting a large number of files.

Zonal limitations

Capacity range selection is permanent. Once the outer limits of the instance capacity are met, the service tier doesn't 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.

Regional

Regional service tier is intended for applications requiring continuous availability and regional resilience.

Regional instance capacity ranges from 1 TiB to 100 TiB:

  • The regional (1 TiB to 9.75 TiB) service tier with lower capacity range scales up or down in increments of 256 GiB (0.25 TiB).
  • The regional (10 TiB to 100 TiB) service tier with higher capacity range scales up or down in increments of 2.5 TiB.

Regional provides the following benefits:

  • 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)
  • Offers linear performance that changes with capacity, staying within the stated capacity range.
  • Supports custom performance, letting you set performance options separately from capacity.

For detailed specifications, see the following table:

Regional specifications
Specification Regional (1 TiB to 9.75 TiB) Regional (10 TiB to 100 TiB)
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 instance capacity Up to the size of instance capacity
Number of files* Approximately 89,000,000 files per 1 TiB of capacity Approximately 89,000,000 files per 1 TiB of capacity
File locks 250 per file 250 per file
Performance Configurable Configurable
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 120 MiB/s per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity 650 MiB/s per 2.5 TiBs of provisioned capacity
Write throughput 100 MiB/s per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity 220 MiB/s per 2.5 TiBs of provisioned capacity
Read IOPS 12,000 per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity 23,000 per 2.5 TiBs of provisioned capacity
Write IOPS 4,000 per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity 6,500 per 2.5 TiBs 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 (Regional instances remain available during maintenance events.)
Google Cloud VMware Engine Supported Supported
Filestore multishares for GKE Not supported Not supported
Protocol support NFSv3, NFSv4.1 NFSv3, NFSv4.1
Instance replication Supported (Allowlisted GA) Supported (Allowlisted GA)
Custom performance Supported Supported

* The number of files listed is an indication of the maximum number of supported connections to small or empty files. The number of supported file connections decreases as file size increases. While no practical limit exists across service tiers, instance performance may be delayed when supporting a large number of files.

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 must be created with the higher capacity range specification (10 TiB to 100 TiB).

  • 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.

  • While performance scales linearly with capacity, note that a 10 TiB enterprise instance will have better performance than a 10 TiB regional instance.

  • Performance scales linearly with capacity within the parameters of the specified capacity range. Performance is not linear between the two regional capacity ranges. A regional instance with 9.75 TiB of capacity will have better performance, for example, with an upper limit of 117,000 Read IOPS, than a regional instance with 10 TiB of instance capacity, with an upper limit of 92,000 Read IOPS. For more information, see Performance.

  • 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.

Enterprise

You can use the enterprise service tier if you need a Filestore instance with multishares or if you want to use the Filestore CSI driver to create and manage instances. For any other use cases, use regional service tier.

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

For detailed specifications, see the following table:

Enterprise specifications
Specification Enterprise
Client 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
Number of files* Approximately 89,000,000 files per 1 TiB of capacity
File locks 250 per file
Minimum capacity 1 TiB
Maximum capacity 10 TiB
Scaling direction Up or down
Minimum scaling units 256 GiB
Read throughput 120 MiB/s per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity
Write throughput 100 MiB/s per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity
Read IOPS 12,000 per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity
Write IOPS 4,000 per 1 TiB of provisioned capacity
Availability Regional
Data protection Backups,
Snapshots
Customer-managed encryption keys Supported
Non-disruptive maintenance Supported (Enterprise instances remain available during maintenance events.)
Google Cloud VMware Engine Supported
Filestore multishares for GKE Supported
Protocol support NFSv3, NFSv4.1 | NFSv3, NFSv4.1
Instance replication Supported (Allowlisted GA) | Supported (Allowlisted GA)

* The number of files listed is an indication of the maximum number of supported connections to small or empty files. The number of supported file connections decreases as file size increases. While no practical limit exists across service tiers, instance performance may be delayed when supporting a large number of files.

Basic HDD and basic SSD

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.

For detailed specifications, see the following table:

Basic tier 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
Performance Standard fixed Premium fixed
Minimum capacity
  • 1 TiB
  • On GKE†: 100 GiB
 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
  • On GKE†: 100 GiB to 10 TiB capacity: 100 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
  • On GKE†: 100 GiB to 10 TiB capacity: 100 MiB/s
 350 MiB/s
Read IOPS
  • 1 TiB to 10 TiB capacity: 600
  • 10 TiB to 63.9 TiB capacity: 1,000
  • On GKE†: 100 GiB to 10 TiB capacity: 600
 60,000
Write IOPS
  • 1 TiB to 10 TiB capacity: 1,000
  • 10 TiB to 63.9 TiB capacity: 5,000
  • On GKE†: 100 GiB to 10 TiB capacity: 1,000
 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
Filestore multishares for GKE Not supported Not supported
Protocol support NFSv3 NFSv3

* The number of files listed is an indication of the maximum number of supported connections to small or empty files. The number of supported file connections decreases as file size increases. While no practical limit exists across service tiers, instance performance may be delayed when supporting a large number of files.

† Basic HDD (on GKE) refers to basic HDD instances with a minimum capacity of 100 GiB provisioned with the Filestore CSI driver. Basic HDD instances with capacity lower than 1 TiB consume 1 TiB of quota.

Former Filestore service tiers

Filestore former service tiers include the following:

  • Standard
  • Premium
  • High scale SSD

These service tiers have the following replacements:

  • Basic HDD replaces the standard service tier.
  • Basic SSD replaces the premium service tier.
  • Zonal (10 TiB to 100 TiB) replaces the high scale SSD service tier.

When creating new instances, use basic , zonal, and regional service tiers. You can't create instances from the former service tiers using Google Cloud console. Instead, use Filestore API or Google Cloud CLI.

Quota

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

Zonal quota comparison

The following quotas apply to zonal instances:

  • Zonal (1 TiB to 9.75 TiB) offers the same per project, per region, instance quota as the regional and enterprise service tiers.
  • Zonal (10 TiB to 100 TiB) offers the same per project, region, and instance quota as the high scale SSD service tier.

Regional quota comparison

The following quotas apply to regional instances:

  • Regional (1 TiB to 9.75 TiB) offers the same per project, region, and instance quota as the enterprise service tier.
  • Regional (10 TiB to 100 TiB) offers the same per project, region, and instance quota as the high scale SSD service tier.

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

Go to Quotas & Limits

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

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