Regions and zones

Filestore instances live in zones within regions. A region is a specific geographical location where you can run your resources. Each region is subdivided into several zones. For example, the us-central1 region in the central United States has zones us-central1-a , us-central1-b , us-central1-c , and us-central1-f . For more information, see Geography and regions .

Some Google Cloud APIs, including the Filestore API , use the concept of locations, which can represent either regions or zones . For Filestore instances, locations map to zones.

To decrease network latency, we recommend creating a Filestore instance in a region and zone that is close to where you plan to use it. For example, if you plan to access the instance from Asia, then you should create it in one of the asia-east1 zones. Similarly, you get the best performance by mounting Filestore file shares on clients in the same region.

Supported regions

For more information on region specific considerations, see the Geography & Regions page.

Filestore is available in the following regions and zones.

Next steps

• Get started using Filestore by installing and enabling Filestore components .
• Learn more about Filestore's service tiers to decide which service tier is right for you.
• Learn more about Filestore in the Technical overview .
• Learn how to better protect your data with features like dual-region storage and turbo replication .