When creating your Google Cloud Storage (GCS) bucket for CloudM Archive, selecting the right storage class is critical for managing costs and performance.
Which storage class do you recommend?
CloudM Archive enforces the use of Standard or Autoclass storage classes for CloudM Archive.
Why not use Coldline or Archive classes?
While "Coldline" or "Archive" classes offer lower monthly storage fees, they incur significant additional costs for data retrieval and operations (reading data). CloudM Archive accesses your data in several scenarios:
Archiving: Writing new data to the bucket.
Restoring: Reading data back to the live environment.
Purging: Deleting data when retention periods expire.
Using "colder" storage classes can lead to unexpected cost spikes during these standard operations. Autoclass is often the best compromise, as it automatically moves objects to colder storage based on access patterns while managing the retrieval fees more intelligently.
More Information: Please review the official Google Cloud Storage Classes documentation.