Storage options overview

This page describes the different storage types available for your Cloud SQL instances.

Cloud SQL offers different storage type options depending on the Cloud SQL edition and the machine series you select for your instance:

• Performance Persistent Disk (SSD): a persistent disk offering for high-performance databases and is backed by solid-state drives. This storage type is available for the Cloud SQL Enterprise edition machine series, and the Cloud SQL Enterprise Plus edition N2 and memory-optimized-N2 machine series.

For more information about the different machine series and types available for Cloud SQL, see Machine series overview .

Performance Persistent Disk

Cloud SQL uses the Performance Persistent Disk (SSD) storage option for its Memory-optimized-N2 machine series. SSD is a Persistent Disk volumes offering that provides durable network storage devices and is suitable for enterprise applications and high-performance databases that require lower latency and more IOPS. For more information, see About Persistent Disk .

IOPs and throughput for SSD storage type are set based on the machine type and storage capacity you set. You can't configure the values for IOPS and throughput.

N2 SSD IOPS and throughput limits

The following table shows the maximum values for IOPS and throughput for the SSD storage option based on the number of vCPUs for the N2 machine series :

vCPUs	Maximum write IOPS	Maximum read IOPS	Maximum write throughput (MiB/s)	Maximum read throughput (MiB/s)
2	15,000	15,000	240	240
4	15,000	15,000	240	240
8	15,000	15,000	800	800
16	25,000	25,000	1,000	1,200
32	60,000	60,000	1,000	1,200
48	60,000	60,000	1,000	1,200
64	80,000	60,000	1,000	1,200
80	80,000	60,000	1,000	1,200
96	80,000	60,000	1,000	1,200
128	80,000	60,000	1,000	1,200

What's next

• Create an instance
• Learn more about the different machine series available in Cloud SQL.