Local SSD
High-performance, ephemeral storage
What's new
Access our highest performance block storage
Directly attaching a Local SSD on the server that hosts your VM instance enables the lowest latency and highest performance storage for temporary use cases like scratch data, caches, or for data replicated at higher layers.
Support a range of workloads
Different workloads require different VM shapes to achieve the best performance at the right price. Customize the VM shape to your workload or attach to predefined shapes that we offer for typical use cases like data analytics, media rendering, or gaming.
Always encrypted
Data stored on our infrastructure is automatically encrypted at rest. With Local SSDs, your data is always encrypted with an ephemeral encryption key. The SSDs manage and protect these device-level encryption keys.
Features
Fast IOPS and high-speed throughput
Choose Local SSDs when you need Google's highest speed ephemeral storage. Reach IOPS of 2,400,000 / 1,200,000 (read/write) and throughput up to 9,360 MB per second / 4,680 MB per second for 9 TB instances.
Scale as you need it
Attach up to 24 Local SSD partitions for 9 TB of total Local SSD storage space per instance. Or you can format and mount multiple Local SSD partitions into a single logical volume.
Customizable VM shapes
Depending on your workload, you may require specific memory-to-storage configuration to achieve the best performance at the right price. With Local SSDs, attach custom-sized disks to your VMs, allowing you to tailor your storage to your use case, needs, and budget.
Our customers
See how customers are using Local SSDs to achieve high-performance compute and analytics results.
Technical resources
Pricing
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