gcloud alpha compute storage-pools create

NAME
gcloud alpha compute storage-pools create - create a storage pool
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha compute storage-pools createSTORAGE_POOL--provisioned-capacity=PROVISIONED_CAPACITY--storage-pool-type=STORAGE_POOL_TYPE[--async][--capacity-provisioning-type=CAPACITY_PROVISIONING_TYPE][--description=DESCRIPTION][--performance-provisioning-type=PERFORMANCE_PROVISIONING_TYPE][--provisioned-iops=PROVISIONED_IOPS][--provisioned-throughput=PROVISIONED_THROUGHPUT][--zone=ZONE][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) Create a storage pool.
EXAMPLES
To create a new storage pool namedmy-storage-pool, run thefollowing command:
gcloudalphacomputestorage-poolscreatemy-storage-pool--storage-pool-type=hyperdisk-throughput--provisioned-capacity=10TB--provisioned-throughput=200
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Storage pool resource - The name of the storage pool you want to create. Thisrepresents a Cloud resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments inthis group but can be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argumentstorage_pool on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.

To set thezone attribute:

  • provide the argumentstorage_pool on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--zone on the command line;
  • set the propertycompute/zone.

This must be specified.

STORAGE_POOL
ID of the storage pool or fully qualified identifier for the storage pool.

To set thestorage_pool attribute:

  • provide the argumentstorage_pool on the command line.
REQUIRED FLAGS
--provisioned-capacity=PROVISIONED_CAPACITY
Provisioned capacity of the storage pool.
Storage pool type resource - Type of the storage pool. This represents a Cloudresource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but canbe set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argument--storage-pool-type on the command line with afully specified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.

To set thezone attribute:

  • provide the argument--storage-pool-type on the command line with afully specified name;
  • provide the argument--zone on the command line;
  • set the propertycompute/zone.

This must be specified.

--storage-pool-type=STORAGE_POOL_TYPE
ID of the storage pool type or fully qualified identifier for the storage pooltype.

To set thestorage-pool-type attribute:

  • provide the argument--storage-pool-type on the command line.
OPTIONAL FLAGS
--async
Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--capacity-provisioning-type=CAPACITY_PROVISIONING_TYPE
Capacity provisioning type.CAPACITY_PROVISIONING_TYPEmust be one of:advanced,standard.
--description=DESCRIPTION
Description of the storage pool.
--performance-provisioning-type=PERFORMANCE_PROVISIONING_TYPE
Performance provisioning type.PERFORMANCE_PROVISIONING_TYPE must be one of:advanced,standard.
--provisioned-iops=PROVISIONED_IOPS
IOPS with which to provision the pool.
--provisioned-throughput=PROVISIONED_THROUGHPUT
Throughput in MB/s with which to provision the pool.
--zone=ZONE
For resources [storage-pool-type, storage_pool], provides fallback value forresource zone attribute. When the resource's full URI path is not provided, zonewill fallback to this flag value.
GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands:--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.

Run$gcloud help for details.

API REFERENCE
This command uses thecompute/alpha API. The full documentation forthis API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/compute/
NOTES
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If thiscommand fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early accessallowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloudcomputestorage-poolscreate
gcloudbetacomputestorage-poolscreate

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Last updated 2025-07-15 UTC.