Choosing a storage classes


Cloud Storage has four storage classes: Standard, Nearline, Coldline and Archive. Each of those storage classes provide 3 location types:

  • A multi-region is a large geographic area, such as the United States, that
    contains two or more geographic places.
  • A dual-region is a specific pair of regions, such as Finland and the
    Netherlands.
  • A region is a specific geographic place, such as London.

Characteristics applicable to all storage classes: