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Google Cloud Filestore

Cloud Filestore is a managed file storage service for applications that require a filesystem interface and a shared filesystem for data.

Key Features

  • NFS: Fully managed NFSv3 file servers.
  • Performance: Tiers for Basic (HDD/SSD), High Scale, and Enterprise.
  • Integration: Mount on Compute Engine VMs and GKE containers.

Use Cases

  • Shared Files: Content management systems (CMS), media rendering.
  • Lift and Shift: Migrating applications that rely on NFS.

Key Concepts

  • Instance: The file server.
  • File Share: The directory that you mount.
  • Capacity: Provisioned storage size (performance scales with capacity in some tiers).