# GCP Cloud Logging optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub

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5 documented GCP Cloud Logging cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

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5 documented GCP Cloud Logging cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

## 5 inefficiencies

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- GCP Cloud Logging  CER-0262

### [Suboptimal Storage for Logs](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/suboptimal-storage-for-logs-fd1d9)

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...

Other

- GCP Cloud Logging  CER-0253

### [Resources Generating Excessive INFO Logs](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/resources-generating-excessive-info-logs-6c920)

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...

Other

- GCP Cloud Logging  CER-0245

### [Logging Buckets in Non-Production Environments Storing Info Logs](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/logging-buckets-in-non-production-environments-storing-info-logs-1edcf)

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...

Other

- GCP Cloud Logging  CER-0241

### [Duplicate Storage of Logs in Cloud Logging](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/duplicate-storage-of-logs-in-cloud-logging-bd625)

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)...

Other

- GCP Cloud Logging  CER-0494

### [Broadly Enabled Data Access Audit Logs](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/broadly-enabled-data-access-audit-logs)

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...

Other

## More GCP services

- [GCP Compute Engine  14](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-compute-engine)

- [GCP BigQuery  9](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-bigquery)

- [GCP GKE  9](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-gke)

- [GCP Cloud SQL  8](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-cloud-sql)

- [GCP GCS  6](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-gcs)

- [GCP Vertex AI  5](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-vertex-ai)

- [GCP Dataflow  4](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-dataflow)

- [GCP Cloud Run  3](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-cloud-run)

- [GCP Cloud Memorystore  2](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-cloud-memorystore)

- [GCP Cloud NAT  2](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-cloud-nat)

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