Cloud Storage documentation
Cloud Storage allows world-wide storage and retrieval of any amount of
data at any time. You can use Cloud Storage for a range of scenarios
including serving high performance AI/ML and analytics data sets, storing data for archival and
disaster recovery, or distributing content to consumers across the globe.
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Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC.
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You can use Cloud Storage for a range of scenarios\nincluding serving high performance AI/ML and analytics data sets, storing data for archival and\ndisaster recovery, or distributing content to consumers across the globe.\n[Learn more](/storage/docs/introduction)\n\n\nNot sure which storage product is right for you? Learn more about our\n[storage services](/products/storage).\n[Get started for free](https://console.cloud.google.com/freetrial) \n\n#### Start your proof of concept with $300 in free credit\n\n- Get access to Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking\n- Free monthly usage of popular products, including AI APIs and BigQuery\n- No automatic charges, no commitment \n[View free product offers](/free/docs/free-cloud-features#free-tier) \n\n#### Keep exploring with 20+ always-free products\n\n\nAccess 20+ free products for common use cases, including AI APIs, VMs, data warehouses,\nand more.\n\nDocumentation resources\n-----------------------\n\nFind quickstarts and guides, review key references, and get help with common issues. \nformat_list_numbered\n\n### Guides\n\n-\n\n\n Quickstarts:\n [Console](/storage/docs/discover-object-storage-console)\n or\n [gcloud CLI](/storage/docs/discover-object-storage-gcloud)\n\n\n-\n\n [Creating storage buckets](/storage/docs/creating-buckets)\n\n-\n\n [Storage classes](/storage/docs/storage-classes)\n\n-\n\n [Bucket locations](/storage/docs/locations)\n\n-\n\n [Uploading objects](/storage/docs/uploading-objects)\n\nfind_in_page\n\n### Reference\n\n-\n\n [Cloud Storage Client Libraries](/storage/docs/reference/libraries)\n\n-\n\n [gcloud CLI reference](/sdk/gcloud/reference/storage)\n\n-\n\n [gsutil tool reference](/storage/docs/gsutil)\n\n-\n\n [JSON API reference](/storage/docs/json_api)\n\n-\n\n [XML API reference](/storage/docs/xml-api/overview)\n\n-\n\n [IAM references for Cloud Storage](/storage/docs/access-control/iam-reference)\n\ninfo\n\n### Resources\n\n-\n\n [Cloud Storage pricing](/storage/pricing)\n\n-\n\n [Quotas and limits](/storage/quotas)\n\n-\n\n [Troubleshooting](/storage/docs/troubleshooting)\n\n-\n\n [Release notes](/storage/docs/release-notes)\n\nRelated resources\n-----------------\n\nTraining and tutorials \nUse cases \nCode samples \nExplore self-paced training, use cases, reference architectures, and code samples with examples of how to use and connect Google Cloud services. Training \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### Google Cloud Fundamentals for Azure Professionals\n\n\nThis course introduces Azure professionals to the core capabilities of Google Cloud.\n\n\n[Learn more](http://cloud.google.com/training/course/gcp-fundamentals-azure) \nTraining \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### Google Cloud Fundamentals for AWS Professionals\n\n\nThis course introduces AWS professionals to the core capabilities of Google Cloud.\n\n\n[Learn more](http://cloud.google.com/training/course/gcp-fundamentals-aws) \nTraining \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### Interactive walkthrough tutorial in the Console\n\n\nWalk through the Cloud Storage quickstart directly in the Cloud console.\n\n\n[Learn more](?walkthrough_id=storage--quickstart-basic-tasks) \nUse case \nUse cases\n\n### Hosting a static website\n\n\nConfigure a Cloud Storage bucket to host a static website for a domain you own.\n\nWeb hosting Load balancer Static resources\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n[Learn more](/storage/docs/hosting-static-website) \nUse case \nUse cases\n\n### Architecting disaster recovery for locality-restricted workloads\n\n\nUse Google Cloud to architect for disaster recovery (DR) to meet location-specific requirements.\n\nDisaster recovery Automation Networking\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n[Learn more](/solutions/architecting-disaster-recovery-for-locality-restricted-workloads) \nCode sample \nCode Samples\n\n### C++ samples\n\n\nSamples for interacting with Cloud Storage\n\n\n[Open GitHub\narrow_forward](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-cpp/tree/master/google/cloud/storage/examples) \nCode sample \nCode Samples\n\n### .Net samples\n\n\nSamples for interacting with Cloud Storage\n\n\n[Open GitHub\narrow_forward](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/dotnet-docs-samples/tree/master/storage/api/Storage.Samples) \nCode sample \nCode Samples\n\n### Go samples\n\n\nSamples for interacting with Cloud Storage\n\n\n[Open GitHub\narrow_forward](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/golang-samples/tree/master/storage) \nCode sample \nCode Samples\n\n### Java samples\n\n\nSamples for interacting with Cloud Storage\n\n\n[Open GitHub\narrow_forward](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/tree/master/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/storage) \nCode sample \nCode Samples\n\n### Node.js samples\n\n\nSamples for interacting with Cloud Storage\n\n\n[Open GitHub\narrow_forward](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-storage/tree/master/samples) \nCode sample \nCode Samples\n\n### PHP samples\n\n\nSamples for interacting with Cloud Storage\n\n\n[Open GitHub\narrow_forward](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/php-docs-samples/tree/main/storage/src) \nCode sample \nCode Samples\n\n### Python samples\n\n\nSamples for interacting with Cloud Storage\n\n\n[Open GitHub\narrow_forward](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/tree/main/samples) \nCode sample \nCode Samples\n\n### Ruby samples\n\n\nSamples for interacting with Cloud Storage\n\n\n[Open GitHub\narrow_forward](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/tree/master/google-cloud-storage/samples)\n\n### Try Cloud Storage for yourself\n\nCreate an account to evaluate how our products perform in real-world scenarios. \nNew customers also get $300 in free credits to run, test, and deploy workloads. \n[Try Cloud Storage free](https://console.cloud.google.com/freetrial)"]]
