GKE: Can't create a kubernetes cluster with a local SSD drive

Adrien Delorme

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Nov 18, 2015, 7:00:11 AM11/18/15

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Hello there,

Why is it not possible to create gke cluster with ssd drives ?? (with the --boot-disk-type option)

$ gcloud container clusters create --help

NAME
    gcloud container clusters create - create a cluster for running containers

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud container clusters create NAME
        [--cluster-ipv4-cidr CLUSTER_IPV4_CIDR]
        [--container-ipv4-cidr CONTAINER_IPV4_CIDR] [--disk-size DISK_SIZE]
        [--enable-cloud-logging] [--enable-cloud-monitoring]
        [--machine-type MACHINE_TYPE, -m MACHINE_TYPE] [--network NETWORK]
        [--num-nodes NUM_NODES; default="3"] [--password PASSWORD]
        [--scopes SCOPE,[SCOPE,...]]
        [--username USERNAME, -u USERNAME; default="admin"] [--wait]
        [--zone ZONE, -z ZONE] [GLOBAL-FLAG ...]
...

Where it is in gce ?

$ gcloud compute instances create --help

NAME
    gcloud compute instances create - create Google Compute Engine virtual
        machine instances

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud compute instances create NAME [NAME ...] [--boot-disk-auto-delete]
        [--boot-disk-device-name BOOT_DISK_DEVICE_NAME]
        [--boot-disk-size BOOT_DISK_SIZE] [--boot-disk-type BOOT_DISK_TYPE]
        [--can-ip-forward] [--description DESCRIPTION]
        [--disk [PROPERTY=VALUE,...]]
        [--image IMAGE | centos-6 | centos-7 | container-vm | coreos | debian-7
          | debian-7-backports | debian-8 | opensuse-13 | rhel-6 | rhel-7
          | sles-11 | sles-12 | ubuntu-12-04 | ubuntu-14-04 | ubuntu-15-04
          | ubuntu-15-10 | windows-2008-r2 | windows-2012-r2]
        [--image-project IMAGE_PROJECT] [--local-ssd [PROPERTY=VALUE,...]]
        [--machine-type MACHINE_TYPE; default="n1-standard-1"]
        [--maintenance-policy MAINTENANCE_POLICY]
        [--metadata KEY=VALUE,[KEY=VALUE,...]]
        [--metadata-from-file KEY=LOCAL_FILE_PATH,[KEY=LOCAL_FILE_PATH,...]]
        [--network NETWORK; default="default"]
        [--address ADDRESS | --no-address] [--preemptible]
        [--restart-on-failure]
        [--no-scopes | --scopes [ACCOUNT=]SCOPE,[[ACCOUNT=]SCOPE,...]]
        [--tags TAG,[TAG,...]] [--zone ZONE] [GLOBAL-FLAG ...]

Will it possible someday ? Basic drive are so slowwww.

Cheers !

George

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Nov 18, 2015, 1:33:21 PM11/18/15

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Hello Adrien,

Unfortunately, creating a GKE cluster with SSD disks is not possible for the time being. However, it can be a valid feature request that you can submit on this specific forum.

Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,

George

Adrien Delorme

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Nov 18, 2015, 6:38:08 PM11/18/15

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Hello George,

Thanks for the answer, I even made a feature request here : https://code.google.com/p/google-compute-engine/issues/detail?id=264

Have a nice day !

Adrien.

George

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Nov 18, 2015, 7:00:49 PM11/18/15

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Hello Adrien,

Thank you for taking the time to submit the feature request. We regularly monitor the Public Issue Tracker and your issue should see a response soon.

Should you have any other great ideas that you think they can be implemented and be useful for the platform, please do not hesitate to submit other requests and we will be glad to follow up.