Cheap Scratch Space on Google Compute Engine

Hey all,

I put this together so I can run Plex on GCE, so it seemed appropriate to post here.

I’ve written a tool which dynamically creates and deletes Persistent Disks. It is designed to be used as a file system type allowing on-mount creation of Persistent Disks and on-unmount deletion of them. This can then be used in conjunction with Linux’s Automounter, enabling on-demand scratch disks, thereby reducing cost.

I use it as Plex’s transcode directory.

http://eatnumber1.github.io/gce-pd/

Cheers,
Russ