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Volumes

Persistent block storage for your Virtual Instances.

Creating a Volume​

  1. Navigate to Enterprise > Volumes.
  2. Click Create Volume.
  3. Specify the Size (in GB) and Type (NVMe SSD or HDD).
  4. Select the Region matching your instance.

Attaching a Volume​

  1. Select the created volume.
  2. Click Attach.
  3. Choose the target instance from the dropdown.

Mounting the Volume (Linux)​

Once attached, the volume appears as a block device (e.g., /dev/sdb).

# check for the new device
lsblk

# Format the volume (first time only)
sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb

# Mount it
sudo mkdir /mnt/data
sudo mount /dev/sdb /mnt/data

# Add to /etc/fstab for persistence
echo '/dev/sdb /mnt/data ext4 defaults 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab