Storage class reference
The available storage classes correspond to the predefined File Storage for VPC profiles. For storage classes with defined IOPs, make sure the IOPs are sufficient for the file share size you want to provision. For more information about the profiles
and IOPs tiers, see File Storage for VPC dp2 profiles.
- All file shares are provisioned with zonal availability, except
regionalclasses which have regional availability. - All classes are elastic network interface (ENI) enabled.
- All classes support cross-zone mounting.
Second-generation regional file share (rfs) storage classes are available in Beta for allowlisted account only. For more information, see Regional file shares overview.
Second-generation regional file shares offer more flexibility for specifying capacity and performance along with regional availability. Encryption in transit for regional file share is not supported by the VPC File CSI Driver add-on.
Regional file share classes can be a better choice for workloads that prioritize durability, availability, or symmetric access across zones over low latency.
- Volume size can range between 1 GiB to 32,000 GiB.
- Volume performance is fixed at 35,000 IOPS.
- The tunable throughput range is 1-8192 Mbps.
| Name | Description | Generation |
|---|---|---|
| ibmc-vpc-file-regional | Regional availability, Delete reclaim policy, and Immediate binding |
Second generation (Beta) |
| ibmc-vpc-file-regional-max-bandwidth | Regional availability, Delete reclaim policy, and Immediate binding |
Second generation (Beta) |
| ibmc-vpc-file-regional-max-bandwidth-sds | Regional availability, Delete reclaim policy, and WaitForFirstConsumer biding |
Second generation (Beta) |
| ibmc-vpc-file-1000-iops | 1000 IOPs and Immediate binding. |
First generation |
| ibmc-vpc-file-3000-iops | 3000 IOPs and Immediate binding. |
First generation |
| ibmc-vpc-file-500-iops | 500 IOPs Immediate binding |
First generation |
| ibmc-vpc-file-eit | 1000 IOPs, Immediate binding., as well as and ElasticNetworkInterface(ENI) and EncryptionInTransit(EIT) enabled. |
First generation |
| ibmc-vpc-file-metro-1000-iops | 1000 IOPs and WaitForFirstConsumer binding. |
First generation |
| ibmc-vpc-file-metro-3000-iops | 3000 IOPs and WaitForFirstConsumer binding. |
First generation |
| ibmc-vpc-file-metro-500-iops | 500 IOPs WaitForFirstConsumer binding. |
First generation |
| ibmc-vpc-file-metro-retain-1000-iops | 1000 IOPs, WaitForFirstConsumer binding, and reclaim policy set to Retain. |
First generation |
| ibmc-vpc-file-metro-retain-3000-iops | 3000 IOPs, WaitForFirstConsumer binding, and reclaim policy set to Retain. |
First generation |
| ibmc-vpc-file-metro-retain-500-iops | 500 IOPs, WaitForFirstConsumer binding, and reclaim policy set to Retain. |
First generation |
| ibmc-vpc-file-min-iops | Minimum IOPs based on file share size, Immediate binding. For more information, see File Storage for VPC profiles. |
First generation |
| ibmc-vpc-file-retain-1000-iops | 3000 IOPs and Retain reclaim policy. |
First generation |
| ibmc-vpc-file-retain-3000-iops | 1000 IOPs and Retain reclaim policy. |
First generation |
| ibmc-vpc-file-retain-500-iops | 500 IOPs and Retain reclaim policy. |
First generation |
For more information about each of the classes view the details from the web console or run the following command.
oc get sc CLASS