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Storage usage and settings in Aiven Console

Use the storage overview page to review storage usage, billing, and retention settings for your Aiven for Apache Kafka® service.

In the Aiven Console, storage is labeled differently based on the service type. Classic Kafka services show Tiered storage, which can be enabled and configured. Inkless Kafka services show Storage, reflecting that object storage is always part of the data path.

Prerequisite​

  • An Aiven for Apache Kafka® service.
  • For Classic Kafka clusters, tiered storage enabled. For details, see Enable tiered storage.

Access the storage overview page​

  1. In the Aiven Console, select your project and your Aiven for Apache Kafka service.

  2. In the sidebar, click:

    • For Classic Kafka services: Observe > Tiered storage
    • For Inkless Kafka services: Observe > Storage

    For Classic Kafka clusters:

    • If tiered storage is not enabled for the service, the option to enable it is shown.
    • If tiered storage is enabled but not configured for any topics, the option to enable it for topics is shown. For details, see Enable and configure tiered storage for topics.

  3. Once configured, you can view storage usage and settings.

Key insights​

View essential metrics and details related to tiered storage:

  • Current billing expenses in USD: Your tiered storage costs, calculated at hourly rates
  • Forecasted month cost in USD: Your upcoming monthly costs based on current usage
  • Remote tier usage in bytes: The volume of data that has been tiered

Storage settings and retention​

View the current local cache details and retention policy configurations for tiered storage:

  • Default local retention time (ms): The current local data retention set in milliseconds
  • Default local retention bytes: The configured volume of data, in bytes, for local retention

Modify retention policies​

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You can update tiered storage retention settings only in Classic Kafka services. In Inkless Kafka services, storage settings for classic topics are managed automatically and cannot be changed.

  1. In the Tiered storage settings section, click Actions > Update tiered storage settings.
  2. In the Update tiered storage settings page, adjust the values for:
    • Default local retention time (ms)
    • Default local retention bytes
  3. Click Save changes.

Remote storage overview​

View storage usage and configurations:

  • Remote storage usage by topics: The amount of tiered storage each topic uses
  • Filter by topic: Narrow down your view to specific topics