Features of Google Filestore

Types of Storages

There are three different types of Google Cloud storage....

What is Google Persistent Disk?

Google Persistent Disk is a block storage service that Google Cloud Platform (GCP) provides with durability and high-performance storage for virtual machine instances. It allows you to attach persistent disks to your virtual machine instances. Persistent Disk provides...

Features of Google Persistent Disk

Durability: Persistent Disk provides durable storage, which is designed to be able to withstand failures. It replicates your data within the same zone, which ensures data integrity and protection against infrastructure failures. Scalability: With Persistent Disk, you can meet your changing needs by quickly scaling your storage capacity. You can easily create and attach multiple disks to your virtual machine instance and resize your disks dynamically while they are also attached to running instances. Performance: Google offers both Standard Persistent Disk(HDD) and SSD Persistent Disk options, allowing you to choose the level of performance which is perfect for your application. Snapshots and Backups: Persistent Disk also provides you with snapshot functionality, allowing you to create backups of your disk data in time. Snapshots are incremental, which means only the data which gets changes is stored in subsequent snapshots. It makes persistent disk efficient and also minimizes storage costs. Snapshots are best for backing up your data for disaster recovery and cloning purposes, which allows you to protect and manage your data effectively. Integration with Google Cloud Services: Persistent Disk easily integrates with other services and features offered by Google Cloud. It works smoothly with Compute Engine, which allows you to attach and detach disks to your virtual machine instances easily. It also helps us integrate with other services, such as Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), where you can use Persistent Disk for your containerized workloads as the storage solution.  Cost-Effective: Persistent Disk offers you cost-effective storage options which are suitable for various workloads. The pricing for Persistent Disk is transparent and depends on factors such as disk size, type (standard or SSD or Balanced SSD), and data transfer. Automatic security and encryption: It also encrypts your data automatically before it is transferred out of your instance to Persistent Disk storage. Data of each Persistent Disk remains encrypted with customer-supplied keys ( or with system-defined keys)....

Types of Google Persistent Disks

Standard Persistent Disks (HDD) Balanced Persistent Disks (SSD) Performance Persistent Disks (SSD) Extreme Persistent Disks (SSD) Local SSDs...

Pricing of Google Persistent Disk

Standard persistent disks (HDD), SSD persistent disks, and Balanced persistent disks prices are based on the amount of provisioned space. Since disk performance increases linearly with the size of your disk, you must consider your I/O needs when you are deciding the size of your disk. Extreme persistent disk prices are based on the amount of provisioned space and the number of provisioned IOPS. So, you are charged for both the amount of space you utilize and your need for the number of IOPS. The below table shows the pricing of different Persistent Disks. Pricing varies from region to region. Here, You can check the price comparison of different types of Persistent Disks in Delhi(Asia-south2 region)....

Dividing different Persistent Disks as per their usage

Disk Type Priced by Standard Persistent Disk Provisioned Space SSD Persistent Disk Provisioned Space Balanced Persistent Disk Provisioned Space Extreme Persistent Disk Provisioned Space and Provisioned IOPS...

Google Filestore

Google Filestore is a managed file storage service which is offered by Google Cloud Platform (GCP). It provides a fully managed Network Attached Storage (NAS) solution. It helps in creating and managing file shares that multiple virtual machine instances can access concurrently. Filestore is designed to offer...

Features of Google Filestore

High availability: Google Filestore instances are highly available, and have a 99.99% regional availability SLA. Scalability: Google Filestore instances can be easily scaled up or down as per your need, so you only need to pay for the storage that you use. Performance: Google Filestore offers very-good performance for your file-based workloads. It also supports NFSv3 and NFSv4.1, So, It is compatible with many other existing applications. Manageability: Google Filestore is a managed service, so you need not worry about managing the underlying infrastructure. So, It’s a good choice for organizations that don’t have the resources to manage their own file storage. Security: Filestore is a secure service that provides encryption at rest for data that is stored within the file shares. Data gets automatically encrypted with Google-managed keys before It is transferred to the disk. Additionally, Filestore also supports encryption in transit, which ensures that data is encrypted when data is being transferred between Filestore and clients who are accessing the file shares....

Types of Google Filestore

Google Filestore offers three different service tiers:...

Pricing of Google Filestore

Service Tier Storage Capacity Max Sequential Read Throughput (MB/s) Max Random Read IOPS Price ($) Basic HDD 1-63.9 TiB 180 1000 0.24/GB/month Basic SSD 2.5-63.9 TiB 1200 60,000 0.36/GB/month High Scale SSD 10-100 TiB 26,000 960,000 0.36/GB/month Enterprise 1-10 TiB 1200 57,000 0.72/GB/month...

Details of Google Persistent Disk and Google Filestore

Feature Google Persistent Disk Google Filestore Storage type Block-based File Storage based Performance High performance for a variety of workloads Good performance for file-based workloads Scalability Can be scaled up or down as needed Can be scaled up or down as needed Manageability Not a managed service Managed service Security Encrypted at rest and in transit Encrypted at rest and in transit Pricing More expensive than Google Filestore More affordable than Google Persistent Disk Use cases Databases, high-performance computing, virtual machines, containerized applications File sharing, media streaming, backup and disaster recovery, application development...

Google Persistent Disk VS Google Filestore Services

Feature Google Persistent Disk Google Filestore Durability Very durable Durable Performance High performance Good performance Scalability Scalable Not much scalable Manageability Not as easy to manage Easy to manage Compatibility Compatible with a variety of Google Cloud Platform services Compatible with NFS-based applications Cost More Expensive More Affordable...