Regions and zones

Filestore instances live in zones within regions. A region is a specific geographical location where you can run your resources. Each region is subdivided into several zones. For example, the us-central1 region in the central United States has zones us-central1-a, us-central1-b, us-central1-c, and us-central1-f. For more information, see Geography and regions.

Some Google Cloud APIs, including the Filestore API, use the concept of locations, which can represent either regions or zones. For Filestore instances, locations map to zones.

To decrease network latency, we recommend creating a Filestore instance in a region and zone that is close to where you plan to use it. For example, if you plan to access the instance from Asia, then you should create it in one of the asia-east1 zones. Similarly, you get the best performance by mounting Filestore file shares on clients in the same region.

Supported regions

Filestore is available in the following regions and zones.

Africa

Region Description Region Name Zones
Johannesburg africa-south1
  • africa-south1-a
  • africa-south1-b
  • africa-south1-c

Asia

Region Description Region Name Zones
Taiwan asia-east1
  • asia-east1-a
  • asia-east1-b
  • asia-east1-c
Hong Kong asia-east2
  • asia-east2-a
  • asia-east2-b
  • asia-east2-c
Tokyo asia-northeast1
  • asia-northeast1-a
  • asia-northeast1-b
  • asia-northeast1-c
Osaka asia-northeast2
  • asia-northeast2-a
  • asia-northeast2-b
  • asia-northeast2-c
Seoul asia-northeast3
  • asia-northeast3-a
  • asia-northeast3-b
  • asia-northeast3-c
Singapore asia-southeast1
  • asia-southeast1-a
  • asia-southeast1-b
  • asia-southeast1-c

Australia

Region Description Region Name Zones
Sydney australia-southeast1
  • australia-southeast1-a
  • australia-southeast1-b
  • australia-southeast1-c
Melbourne australia-southeast2
  • australia-southeast2-a
  • australia-southeast2-b
  • australia-southeast2-c

Europe

Region Description Region Name Zones
Warsaw europe-central2
  • europe-central2-a
  • europe-central2-b
  • europe-central2-c
Finland europe-north1
  • europe-north1-a
  • europe-north1-b
  • europe-north1-c
Madrid europe-southwest1
  • europe-southwest1-a
  • europe-southwest1-b
  • europe-southwest1-c
Belgium europe-west1
  • europe-west1-b
  • europe-west1-c
  • europe-west1-d
London europe-west2
  • europe-west2-a
  • europe-west2-b
  • europe-west2-c
Frankfurt europe-west3
  • europe-west3-a
  • europe-west3-b
  • europe-west3-c
Netherlands europe-west4
  • europe-west4-a
  • europe-west4-b
  • europe-west4-c
Zurich europe-west6
  • europe-west6-a
  • europe-west6-b
  • europe-west6-c
Milan europe-west8
  • europe-west8-a
  • europe-west8-b
  • europe-west8-c
Paris europe-west9
  • europe-west9-a
  • europe-west9-b
  • europe-west9-c
Berlin europe-west10
  • europe-west10-a
  • europe-west10-b
  • europe-west10-c
Turin europe-west12
  • europe-west12-a
  • europe-west12-b
  • europe-west12-c

India

Region Description Region Name Zones
Mumbai asia-south1
  • asia-south1-a
  • asia-south1-b
  • asia-south1-c
Delhi asia-south2
  • asia-south2-a
  • asia-south2-b
  • asia-south2-c

Indonesia

Region Description Region Name Zones
Jakarta asia-southeast2
  • asia-southeast2-a
  • asia-southeast2-b
  • asia-southeast2-c

Middle East

Region Description Region Name Zones
Doha me-central1
  • me-central1-a
  • me-central1-b
  • me-central1-c
Dammam me-central2
  • me-central2-a
  • me-central2-b
  • me-central2-c
Tel Aviv me-west1
  • me-west1-a
  • me-west1-b
  • me-west1-c

North America

Region Description Region Name Zones
Montréal northamerica-northeast1
  • northamerica-northeast1-a
  • northamerica-northeast1-b
  • northamerica-northeast1-c
Toronto northamerica-northeast2
  • northamerica-northeast2-a
  • northamerica-northeast2-b
  • northamerica-northeast2-c
Mexico northamerica-south1
  • northamerica-south1-a
  • northamerica-south1-b
  • northamerica-south1-c
Iowa us-central1
  • us-central1-a
  • us-central1-b
  • us-central1-c
  • us-central1-f
South Carolina us-east1
  • us-east1-b
  • us-east1-c
  • us-east1-d
Northern Virginia us-east4
  • us-east4-a
  • us-east4-b
  • us-east4-c
Columbus us-east5
  • us-east5-a
  • us-east5-b
  • us-east5-c
Dallas us-south1
  • us-south1-a
  • us-south1-b
  • us-south1-c
Oregon us-west1
  • us-west1-a
  • us-west1-b
  • us-west1-c
Los Angeles us-west2
  • us-west2-a
  • us-west2-b
  • us-west2-c
Salt Lake City us-west3
  • us-west3-a
  • us-west3-b
  • us-west3-c
Las Vegas us-west4
  • us-west4-a
  • us-west4-b
  • us-west4-c

South America

Region Description Region Name Zones
São Paulo southamerica-east1
  • southamerica-east1-a
  • southamerica-east1-b
  • southamerica-east1-c
Santiago southamerica-west1
  • southamerica-west1-a
  • southamerica-west1-b
  • southamerica-west1-c

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