Ceph vs Google Cloud Filestore
Ceph
ceph.ioGoogle Cloud Filestore
cloud.google.comSide by side
| Figure | Ceph | Google Cloud Filestore |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $0.01/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 8 |
| Spec score · Distributed File System Software | 8.8 (#3) | 8.2 (#8) |
| Data protection | Ceph can replicate data across devices, racks, and geographic locations, and redistribute data after hardware or connectivity failures. | Filestore supports snapshots, backups, and replication of data to an instance in another region. |
Plans
Google Cloud Filestore
- Filestore Zonal - custom performance on (per IOPS)$0.01 a month
- Filestore Regional - custom performance on (per IOPS)$0.03 a month
- Filestore Zonal - custom performance on (instance capacity)$0.12 a month
- Filestore Regional - custom performance on (instance capacity)$0.21 a month
- Filestore Zonal - custom performance off$0.25 a month
- Filestore Regional - custom performance off$0.45 a month
- Filestore Zonal - custom performance on (per instance)$20 a month
- Filestore Regional - custom performance on (per instance)$40 a month
In their own words
Ceph
Ceph is free, open-source distributed storage software for object, block, and file storage in one system. Organizations run clusters on commodity hardware that they choose and manage. Its RGW object storage supports the S3 API and Swift-compatible applications. RBD provides thin-provisioned disk images, snapshots, writable clones, and asynchronous mirroring to remote Ceph clusters. CephFS is a POSIX-compliant distributed filesystem with snapshots, quotas, and multi-cluster mirroring. The system can replicate data across devices, racks, and geographic locations, then redistribute it following hardware or connectivity failures. For Kubernetes, the project recommends Rook to run Ceph or connect an existing cluster; its CSI driver can provision block and file volumes. Installation choices include packages, container images, source clones, and tarballs. The cephadm tool requires Python 3, systemd, and Podman or Docker. Production guidance calls for at least three monitors, two managers, three OSDs, and 10 Gb/s networking between hosts. The project publishes a stable release annually and supports each series for approximately 24 months.
Google Cloud Filestore
Google Cloud Filestore has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.