Overprovisioned | Cloud Storage

Google Cloud Storage (GCS) costs are determined by the assigned storage class rather than how frequently the data is accessed. When a bucket remains in a high-cost tier like STANDARD without being accessed for 30 days or more, you are paying for performance you no longer need.

To eliminate these unnecessary expenses, this recommendation scans all GCS buckets in your project and analyzes actual data-access patterns using Cloud Monitoring metrics. Based on the amount of time a bucket has remained idle, it recommends transitioning your data to a more cost-effective storage class:

30+ Days Idle: Transition to NEARLINE
90+ Days Idle: Transition to COLDLINE
365+ Days Idle: Transition to ARCHIVE