5 documented GCP Cloud Logging cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.
GCP Cloud LoggingCER-0262
Many organizations retain all logs in Cloud Logging's standard storage, even when the data is rarely queried or required only for audit or compliance. Log bucket cost comes mainly from the per-GiB storage charge applied when logs are...
GCP Cloud LoggingCER-0253
Some GCP services and workloads generate INFO-level logs at very high frequencies - for example, load balancers logging every HTTP request or GKE nodes logging system health messages. While valuable for debugging, these logs can flood...
GCP Cloud LoggingCER-0245
Non-production environments frequently generate INFO-level logs that capture expected system behavior or routine API calls. While useful for troubleshooting in development, they rarely need to be retained. Allowing all INFO logs to be...
GCP Cloud LoggingCER-0241
Duplicate log storage occurs when multiple sinks capture the same log data - for example, organization-wide sinks exporting all logs to Cloud Storage and project-level sinks doing the same. This redundancy results in paying twice (or more)...
GCP Cloud LoggingCER-0494
Cloud Audit Logs Data Access logs record API calls that read metadata (ADMIN_READ) and read or write user data (DATA_READ and DATA_WRITE). They are disabled by default for all services except some BigQuery services, and Google warns that...
