This document lists the quotas and system limits that apply to Google Cloud NetApp Volumes. Quotas specify the amount of a countable, shared resource that you can use, and they are defined by Google Cloud services such as Google Cloud NetApp Volumes. System limits are fixed values that cannot be changed.
Google Cloud uses quotas to help ensure fairness and reduce spikes in resource use and availability. A quota restricts how much of a Google Cloud resource your Google Cloud project can use. Quotas apply to a range of resource types, including hardware, software, and network components. For example, quotas can restrict the number of API calls to a service, the number of load balancers used concurrently by your project, or the number of projects that you can create. Quotas protect the community of Google Cloud users by preventing the overloading of services. Quotas also help you to manage your own Google Cloud resources.
The Cloud Quotas system does the following:
- Monitors your consumption of Google Cloud products and services
- Restricts your consumption of those resources
- Provides a way to request changes to the quota value
In most cases, when you attempt to consume more of a resource than its quota allows, the system blocks access to the resource, and the task that you're trying to perform fails.
Quotas generally apply at the Google Cloud project level. Your use of a resource in one project doesn't affect your available quota in another project. Within a Google Cloud project, quotas are shared across all applications and IP addresses.
There are also system limits on NetApp Volumes resources. System limits can't be changed.
Google Cloud NetApp Volumes use is subject to limits and default quotas. Limits can't be changed, however, you can request a quota increase. To learn more, see Request a quota increase.
View your API quotas
View your API quotas and usage for NetApp Volumes in the Google Cloud console.
Considerations
NetApp Volumes feature limits vary by location and region.
Backup limits
| Resource | Limit |
|---|---|
| Number of backups per volume | 1,000 |
| Total number of scheduled backups (daily, weekly, and monthly) | 1,000 |
| Number of volumes with backups configured per region | 10 |
Storage pool limits
| Resource | Limit |
|---|---|
| Minimum pool capacity |
|
| Maximum pool capacity |
|
Networking limits
| Resource | Limit |
|---|---|
| Number of VPC networks per project | 5 |
Volume limits or quotas
| Resource | Limit |
|---|---|
| Volumes per region (quota enforcement) | 100 for all service levels |
| Minimum capacity of a single volume |
|
| Maximum capacity of a single volume | 100 TiB |
| Number of snapshots per volume | 255 |
| Number of backups per volume | 1,000 |
| Maximum capacity of a single file | 16 TiB |
| Maximum size of a single directory | 3.4 million files |
Maximum number of files (maxfiles) per volume. For more
information, see
Maxfiles limit. |
100 million |
| Maximum filename length | 255 characters |
| Maximum number of NFS export rules per volume | 20 |
| Maximum length of an NFS export rule | 4,096 characters |
Network File System (NFS) limits
| Resource | Limit |
|---|---|
| Maximum number of UNIX groups supported for LDAP-enabled volumes | 1,024 |
Volume replication limits
| Resource | Quota |
|---|---|
| Replicated volumes per region | 5 |
Maxfiles limit
Google Cloud NetApp Volumes has a limit called maxfiles. The maxfiles limit is
the number of files a volume can contain. The maxfiles limit for a volume is
indexed based on volume capacity.
The maxfiles limit for a volume increases or decreases at the rate of
20 million files per TiB of volume capacity.
The service dynamically adjusts the maxfiles limit for a volume based on its
provisioned capacity. For example, a volume initially configured with a capacity
of 1 TiB would have a maxfiles limit of 20 million. Subsequent changes to the
capacity of the volume result in an automatic readjustment of the maxfiles
limit based on the following rules:
| Volume capacity | Automatic readjustment of the maxfiles limit |
|---|---|
| < 1 TiB | 20 million |
| ≥ 1 TiB but < 2 TiB | 40 million |
| ≥ 2 TiB but < 3 TiB | 60 million |
| ≥ 3 TiB but < 4 TiB | 80 million |
| ≥ 4 TiB | 100 million |
If you need to increase the maxfiles limit beyond 100 million, contact
Cloud Customer Care. Every additional 100 million
maxfiles require an additional 4 TiB of capacity. For example, a 300 million
maxfiles limit requires at least 12 TiB of additional capacity.
Request a quota increase
To adjust most quotas, use the Google Cloud console. For more information, see Request a quota adjustment.