Quotas and limits

This page describes the quotas and limits of Filestore.

Number of instances

The number of instances you can create is limited only by the amount of Filestore quota for a given project and region as well as the minimum file share capacity. For example, if you have 32 TiB of quota in a given region, you can create 32 instances each with 1 TiB of capacity. To see your available per project, per region quota, go to the Quotas page.

Number of snapshots

Service tier Maximum recommended number of snapshots per instance
Basic HDD Not supported
Basic SSD Not supported
Zonal 240
Regional 240
Enterprise 240

Number of clients

Maximum number of client connections for instances
Service tier Instances with custom performance off Instances with custom performance on
Basic HDD 500 connections per instance Custom performance not supported
Basic SSD 500 connections per instance Custom performance not supported
Zonal (1 TiB to 9.75 TiB) 2,000 connections per 1 TiB
Scales in increments of 500 for up to 19,500 connections per instance
100 connections per 1,000 purchased IOPS
Zonal (10 TiB to 100 TiB)
(previously high scale SSD)
8,000 connections per 10 TiB
Scales in increments of 2,000 for up to 80,000 connections per instance
100 connections per 1,000 purchased IOPS
Regional (100 GiB to 9.75 TiB*) 2,000 connections per 1 TiB
Scales in increments of 500 for up to 19,500 connections per instance
100 connections per 1,000 purchased IOPS
Regional (10 TiB to 100 TiB) 8,000 connections per 10 TiB
Scales in increments of 2,000 for up to 80,000 connections per instance
100 connections per 1,000 purchased IOPS
Enterprise 2,000 connections per 1 TiB
Scales in increments of 500 for up to 20,000 connections per instance
Custom performance not supported

* If small capacity instances are available in the region where your instance is located, Regional instance capacity ranges from 100 GiB to 10,239 GiB. Otherwise, the range is 1 TiB to 9.75 TiB. For more information, see Small capacity instances.

Number of VPC networks used with Filestore

You can create Filestore instances on no more than 49 unique VPC networks, even if previously used networks are deleted. If you think that you've reached this limit, see the troubleshooting guide topic on error code 13 for possible solutions.

File share capacity

Service tier Capacity
Basic HDD 1 TiB to 63.9 TiB
Basic SSD 2.5 TiB to 63.9 TiB
Zonal with a lower capacity range 1 TiB to 9.75 TiB
Zonal with a higher capacity range 10 TiB to 100 TiB
Regional with a lower capacity range 1 TiB to 9.75 TiB
Regional with a higher capacity range 10 TiB to 100 TiB