# Cheap Scratch Space on Google Compute Engine

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**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** other-dev\
**Created:** [December 7, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cheap-scratch-space-on-google-compute-engine/126430 "2015-12-07T18:45:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![eatnumber1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/eatnumber1/32/161456_2.png) [@eatnumber1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/eatnumber1)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cheap-scratch-space-on-google-compute-engine/126430/1 "2015-12-07T18:45:31Z")

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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/](http://eatnumber1.github.io/gce-pd/)

Cheers,  
Russ

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cheap-scratch-space-on-google-compute-engine/126430/2 "2020-01-08T19:53:39Z")

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