GCS Hierarchical Namespace

Store your data in a logical file system structure and arrange objects into directories with Cloud Storage’s GCS Hierarchical Namespace

Folder operations provide administration and reliability by creating, removing, listing, and renaming folders

When GCS Hierarchical Namespace is enabled in a bucket, a folder may include other folders, objects, or both

Cloud Storage's hierarchical namespace can be activated during bucket creation. It has many AI/ML benefits

Folders in a GCS Hierarchical Namespace bucket can hold objects and other folders, allowing Cloud Storage data

A folder-level metadata-only operation in the hierarchical namespace does this in an atomic action that takes a fraction of the time

GCS Hierarchical Namespace buckets can handle 8x more initial item read and write requests than flat buckets

GCS Hierarchical Namespace buckets accelerate checkpoint writes 20 times faster than flat buckets