Google Cloud Filestore


Google Cloud Filestore - Overview

Google Cloud Filestore is a managed file storage service from Google that provides high-performance file storage for applications requiring a file system interface and a shared file system for data. It facilitates users in setting up their managed Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems with their Google Compute Engine and Kubernetes Engine instances, leading to predictably faster performance for file-based workloads.

Monitored Parameters

Go to the Monitors Category View by clicking the Monitors tab. Click on the Filestore instance available under Google Cloud in the Cloud Apps section. Displayed is the Google Cloud Filestore bulk configuration view distributed into three tabs:

  • Availability tab gives the availability history for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
  • Performance tab gives the health status and events for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
  • List view tab enables you to perform bulk admin configurations.

By clicking a monitor from the list, you'll be taken to the Google Cloud Filestore dashboard. It has 3 tabs:

Overview

Parameter Description
USAGE:
Total Storage Total storage capacity of the Filestore instance (in TB).
Used Storage Amount of storage utilized in the Filestore instance (in TB).
Reserved Storage Amount of storage reserved in the Filestore instance (in TB).
Free Storage Remaining amount of storage available in the Filestore instance (in TB).
Storage Utilization Amount of storage capacity utilized in the Filestore instance (in percentage).
Procedure Call Counts:
Procedure Name Name of the procedure call.
Count Number of procedure calls occurred.

Disk

Parameter Description
I/O THROUGHPUT:
Read Throughput Rate at which data is read from the disk (in MB/sec).
Write Throughput Rate at which data is written to the disk (in MB/sec).
I/O OPERATIONS:
Read Ops Number of read operations occurred on the disk (in Ops/sec).
Write Ops Number of write operations occurred on the disk (in Ops/sec).
I/O LATENCY:
Read Latency Amount of time taken to perform disk read operations (in millisecond).
Write Latency Amount of time taken to perform disk write operations (in millisecond).

Configuration

Parameter Description
BUCKET INFORMATION:
Location Name The name of the region where the instance is created.
Project ID Unique identifier of the project in which the bucket was created.
State Indicates the state of the instance. (CREATING, READY, REPAIRING, DELETING, ERROR)
Creation Time Time at which the bucket was created.
Fileshare Name The name of the file share.
Instance Tire The service tier of the instance.
Authorized Network The name of the Google Compute Engine VPC network to which the instance is connected.
Reserved IP Range The range of IP addresses reserved for this instance.
Current IP Address Current IP address of the instance.