Cost of using GKE CSI Filestore

I wanted to create a PV using ReadWriteMany and understand for GKE, the simplest solution out of the box seems to using CSI FileStore (https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/persistent-volumes/filestore-csi-driver)

I understand normally Cloud Filestore is quiet expensive as the min billing is based on 1TB and I only need 5GB. Is that still same GKE CSI Filestore or does it bill based on GB?

Wasn’t clear based on existing documentation so pls let me know?

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The billing rates for FireStore CSI Driver are the same as the rates for Cloud FileStore. You can use the following link 1 to see the rates charged per gigabyte or use the calculator to make a better estimate depending on your needs.

@rubans were you able to come up with solution for you usecase of very small sized storage for ReadWriteMany mode?

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