Track storage usage

The Object Storage Usage dashboard shows how much you are storing across every bucket, and how that is trending month to month.

Open the dashboard

From Storage > Object Storage, click Usage Dashboard.

Read the overview

The top of the dashboard shows Current Usage, Bucket Count, This Month Peak, Last Month Peak, and MoM Change, the month-over-month difference between those two peaks, next to when the numbers were last refreshed and a countdown to the next refresh.

Chart usage over time

The Usage Trend chart covers every bucket combined; choose This Month, Last Month, Past 3 Months, or Custom to change the range. The Bucket Usage Trend section below it lets you pick more than one bucket from the dropdown: each one you select gets its own trend chart, stacked below the last, so you can compare several buckets at a glance instead of switching between them one at a time.

Each chart plots storage in GB across the range you chose, as one shaded line. Point at any spot on the line to see the exact figure; it reads Peak: when that point stands for the highest usage in its period.

Check one bucket on its own

Open the bucket and go to its Usage Trend tab for the same chart, scoped to that one bucket, with the same date-range options.

If one bucket keeps growing, expire its old objects with a lifecycle rule.