Google Cloud Platform for Developers

Automating object management

Being able to migrate objects between hot and cold storage classes creates significant cost saving opportunities. However, manually managing which data should be in which storage class can quickly become burdensome, and it certainly will not scale as the amount of data increases. Very often, objects undergo predictable changes in access patterns, with older objects becoming less frequently accessed over time. To capitalize on this, Cloud Storage supports automated migration strategies through Object Lifecycle Management.

Object Lifecycle Management is configured on a per-bucket basis. Developers specify one or more conditions as well as an action to take. Supported actions may be either SetStorageClass or Delete ...