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Configuring Google Persistent Disk

The configuration parameters on this page are exclusive to Google Persistent Disks.

Screenshot of configuration settings for Google Persistent Disk Storage.

Zone​

Use this dropdown menu to select the zone to use for your storage. A zone refers to an isolated location inside a region.

We recommend that your storage zone matches the zone of the cluster you’re pairing the storage with.

Type​

Use this dropdown menu to select the type. Currently, we offer pd-ssd, which is designed for single-digit millisecond latencies.

For more details about pd-sdd, please see the Google persistent disk documentation.

Size (GiB)​

Use this field to enter the size of your storage. Google measures disk capacity in both gibibytes (GiB) and tebibytes (TiB). A a gibibyte is equivalent to 1,073,741,824 bytes, or 1.1 gigabytes (GB). A tebibyte is equivalent to 1,099,511,627,776 bytes, or 1.1 terabytes (TB).

The minimum capacity for pd-sdd is 10 GiB. For more information about disk capacity, please see this Google Cloud page.

Restore Snapshot​

Toggle this option to Yes if you want to restore a previously saved disk snapshot. A new dropdown menu, Snapshot, will appear so you can select your snapshot.

For more information, please see Working With Disk Snapshots.