Can I increase storage?

July 30, 2012 89.8k

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pauldmoran

I'm looking to use a low spec server but need additional storage. Is this currently an option or is it something coming soon? Thanks kindly, Paul

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Frodox October 15, 2014
+1 for feature
almithani October 15, 2014
Would love to see this feature.

I'd take a preconfigured droplet with a fixed, large amount of space if that makes it easy. Just another tier on your pricing plan.
jmenbo October 19, 2014
+1
this is a must have option
not having this available within the next few months will definitely make me switch to AWS
mchahn October 21, 2014
Unfortunately you'll have to add me to the list of customers that must leave DO because of this.
ravireddy9 November 20, 2014
hello digitalocean,
any updates on storage increase side?
Recently i joined DO and iam quite impressed with the speed i can deploy a web application.
Currently iam in the testing mode.
What puts me off is the fixed SSD storage.
Is there any way we can increase the SSD storage without changing the server configuration.
Features like this make u call a cloud hosting service?
thanks
halftome October 31, 2015
DigitalOcean would indeed be the best Cloud service if it would have an option for storage expansion.

It doesn't need to be SSD. Just give us an option to expand just storage.
tfrietas January 4, 2016
This is in fact coming soon, and is in active development. You can follow the updates here:

https://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digitalocean/suggestions/3127077-extra-diskspace
PierreK January 16, 2016
Hi tfrletas
In the link below you mentioned first quarter 2016.
Just to clarify, is that the target for the beta of full product access?
I am starting a new project and consider using DigitalOcean but the requirement of multiple disks per droplet will be a must have feature.
So will the feature be available for production use in the next 3 to 6 months, and may I get an estimate of pricing for the production feature please?
adriancooke March 7, 2016
+1 I would love to see this feature
hmvr414 May 6, 2016
I need this feature
roguethiago June 27, 2016
+1,
I love how easy is to instance servers but... Why couldnt I get more storage only? I mean... Do I really need to pay for extra power if I need only more storage?

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79 Answers

moisey MOD August 2, 2012

Hi Paul,

Right now our different server sizes are tied directly to the storage options listed.

We are actively discussing adding additional storage as part of our product roadmap and there are a few solutions that we are thinking of, varying from providing an API based storage solution similar to S3, to a more block level NFS mount solution, all the way to having specific high storage virtual servers that will include more storage than the standard virtual servers we have now.

We'll be making announcements as soon as we have decided on a path and when we are ready to release a product update in beta for our customers to test.

Thanks

mitch MOD August 13, 2016

Hey All! We're excited to announce that we've launched our SSD-based Block Storage service. Now you're able to attach up to 16TB of storage to your Droplets.

Learn more here: https://www.digitalocean.com/products/storage/

moisey MOD December 18, 2012

We are working on the storage question.

There are a lot of things to take into account, whether its going to be block level or NFS or accessed via some sort of an API for storage/retrieval.

While the API could potentially allow us the most flexibility in terms of backend architecture it also requires customers to switch away from a regular FS and instead integrate it directly into their applications and of course there's always the consideration of security. Specifically, whether the content is public or whether there are restrictions that customers want to place on it.

Please feel free to add your comments to our UserVoice and give us your specific use cases and the best way to integrate so we can take all of that into account during the planning stages:

http://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digital-ocean/suggestions/3127077-extra-diskspace-

johnsmithistheb August 18, 2015

Jesus fuck it's been 3 years and you're still "working on it"? Brb spinning up some namecheap instances.

pauldmoran August 3, 2012

Thanks for the update.

Kind Regards,

Paul

development-team December 18, 2012

I would also +1 this feature.
It's the only thing missing with digitalocean, if I can buy additional storage for a reasonable price, even if it isn't fast storage, mounted on a different partition or anything, I'll go digitalocean for life.

baherhosni June 23, 2014

A +1 from me too
webmastersach December 8, 2015

A +1 from me too

rmah January 15, 2013

I'd like to echo the requests for additional storage offerings. Personally, I'd prefer either virtual drives or NFS-style remote mounts over an API based system as block-level devices would provide more flexibility and compatibility with existing software.

moisey MOD January 15, 2013

What about an NFS export of an FS as opposed to block level would that also fit?

Or is block level a hard requirement?

wdna April 21, 2013

++
For such feature.
It's just what i currently need!
Don't need a stronger server, but another 20GB will do nicely.

phrzn May 3, 2013

Something like S3 or at least like EBS volumes which you can snapshot and such would be awesome. I was checking to install a mail server, but definitely, storage space is pretty low for more than a few accounts on a bussiness even with a better server solution.

Is there any time frame on this? It's been almost a year since this post, any roadmap on new features?
Service is awesome. keep up!

kris.envik May 24, 2013

Not only an add storage option would be awesome, but prepay for more bandwidth as well. I know the company is young and you're striving to make us all happy; and it is working so far! I have a client that is very curious and would like to have a somewhat lower end server with lots of storage and lots of bandwidth. Maybe there could be an option to build your own package?

kamaln7 MOD May 25, 2013

@Guillermo Estrada You can follow the uservoice thread on extra storage: http://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digital-ocean/suggestions/3127077-extra-diskspace-

@Kyle Eby Thanks for the feedback! Unfortunately, we do not offer custom plans - please see http://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digital-ocean/suggestions/3617402-add-additional-plans-upgrades

As for prepaying for bandwidth, please create a uservoice suggestion: https://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digital-ocean - if it gets enough votes it might be considered on our roadmap.

spencersr July 24, 2013

Please check out Collie/Sheepdog. They have been wonderful allies. I recommend a pre-execution environment (using iPXE) to help users resize partitions. This gives them the option of utilizing common resizing tools as well as the option to do some awesome LVM love.

spencersr July 24, 2013

Personally.. It would be a simple matter to do attached storage as well as isolated NFS shares for extra services. For attached storage I'd still recommend collie/sheepdog and the user would be ultimately responsible for knowing how to resize partitions.

One big problem right now is resizing the root partition.

phil.eki August 3, 2013

Really need this...

cloudserver August 8, 2013

Yeah i also really need to be able to attache way more storage. The little storage is a huge problem.

dwhewitson August 15, 2013

Any updates on this? :)

kamaln7 MOD August 16, 2013

You can follow this uservoice thread for updates:

http://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digital-ocean/suggestions/3127077-extra-diskspace-

public227603 August 22, 2013

Really useful feature. Any progress or update after a year?

digitalocean166152 September 9, 2013

Any updates, guys?

gm109424 September 18, 2013

++ on that feature

phillip September 20, 2013

Any update on this the uservoice hasn't been updated with a ETA...

kamaln7 MOD September 20, 2013

No ETA yet.

cheong987 September 25, 2013

++ for this features thx.

nicholausleary October 18, 2013

This is a massive issue for me and everybody else who use DO or would like to use DO. Adding storage to a server is of the most importance, it's why Amazon EC2 and S3 is so successful and it's why they host enterprise level sites, not just hobbyists.

Please provide an ETA for this feature. As of now, according to http://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digital-ocean/suggestions/3127077-extra-diskspace- the project/feature is planned, but doesn't have an ETA.

Thanks and we all look forward to additional storage capabilities!

ab.kotecha October 31, 2013

I agree, this storage is one of the main reason asking me to consider AWS than DO.

00a8d6d8e4ff982ef0bea520bb83047e November 3, 2013

I'd just like to add that I think it's bizarre this feature hasn't already been made available.

mp November 3, 2013

ETA would be nice...

jd November 7, 2013

I'd completely switch from (and ditch) AWS if you add this feature. +1 "ETA would be nice..."

zacharyalexstern November 14, 2013

It's been over a year. Bump.

yonexyeung December 10, 2013

bump, over a year where is the road map?

dlbennett January 18, 2014

Agree 100% the system is excellent, but the disk space issue is not acceptable. What is the ETA? Do we have to start looking elsewhere if it's not coming?

zodiac.nv January 23, 2014

Bump! DO, answer, please.

chris92180 January 23, 2014

This is a reason why we use DO for dev, but will probably go with Azure or Rackspace for production. We have clients that could send us as much as 2TB of data that we need to store. I can get 16 on Azure and 14 on Rackspace per server on Raid 10 storage.

ericdnelson February 21, 2014

*Bump* - a reply or an ETA would be appreciated.

kimitachi March 3, 2014

Bump!

amelchor March 6, 2014

if you have this storage, i move from RackSpace to DigitalOcean :)

jamest March 9, 2014

For my needs block storage makes sense if it can have near local performance, NFS could work as long as performance is high. The use case for me would be for the FoundationDB database which relies on SSD-level performance for local storage. Right now multiple servers with a modest replication strategy works, but in the future not have to keep adding processing and memory just to gain storage across the cluster would be preferable.

S3-like object storage would be nice, but not a necessity since S3 itself is usable in conjunction with Digital Ocean just fine. Now, if you've got something really impressive up your sleeves there may be some re-evaluation of this point to be made.

cristianopossa March 26, 2014

+1

jamesaroundtheworld March 27, 2014

+1 for providing instances with large hard disks attached.
- simpler for DO than providing EBS-style or S3-style storage
- simpler to use for those who just want a single server with a hard disk
- possible to build anything using this base. EBS-style, NFS and S3-style storage can be all built on top of these using open source apps running on clusters of instances - you could provide images for these if you want to make things easier for customers.

DigitalOcean cannot rival AWS for features in the near future. Your strengths are providing simple, great value IaaS building blocks in an easy to do way, and this should extend to the storage question IMHO.

webmaster484973 April 10, 2014

Hello, this discussion is now going on for more then 2 years.
Is there any light in the tunnel? (Apart for the next train, hahaha)

webmaster484973 April 10, 2014

is it really that difficult to write a script where a user/customer can make a choice in:
1. desired memory
2. desired disk space
3. etc. etc.
Any skiddy can write that in a matter of two minutes in any language you want..............

kamaln7 MOD April 10, 2014

@Hans: Unfortunately customized plans are not supported. It's much more complicated on the backend. Offering preset plans allows us to divide the hypervisors into droplets more efficiently and therefore allowing customers to buy droplets for cheaper prices.

brauliobo May 9, 2014

I like the simple and plain NFS solution! Also, this extra storage doesn't need to be SSD, so it can be larger and cheaper.

adam674533 May 22, 2014

Like several others I'm looking for a low-spec server but with the ability to add more storage.

ivanzoid June 1, 2014

Would be cool.

al July 4, 2014

2 years and still nothing :(

kevin.vandenborne July 10, 2014

I'd also like to see this in the near future.

aheihachi July 13, 2014

It is a must have future.

stephen152469 July 18, 2014

+1 to this. I'd happily pay y'all extra money for additional storage. Also, I wouldn't mind if that storage was on a non-SSD. The speed of the droplets performance is great, but for the things that I'd need to storage, I won't need to access as quickly. So, if that's an option, that's fine too.

matomesc August 5, 2014

Any updates? Really need this.

maurice204028 August 12, 2014

I also would like this feature very much. I would shift a few servers from AWS to DigOcean!!

davidtran.hp August 28, 2014

I am currently with some DO droplets as trial. I also have some VPS in Vietnam, some in Rackspace HK. I also need more space with DO so that I can shift the ones in Rackspace HP to DO.

robertovergani September 22, 2014

Due to this never ended thread, I'm moving all my content away from digital ocean. I was ready to move all my other apps currently running on AWS and on SOFTLAYER...... but as we don't see any move on this critical topic, I'm dropping.... bye bye digitalocean!

1ps3 October 13, 2014

Any progress on that?

integrii December 30, 2014

I am also aborting my evaluation and moving on. You can beat amazon by keeping it simple but people can't live without adding disk to their servers. It isn't that hard to at least add NFS as a purchasable resource. Severs can grow with LVM.

crtferguson January 22, 2015

I love DO but i am going to have to move out if you do not add this feature in less than a month :(

azcunaga January 28, 2015

must have must have

raymond February 12, 2015

I've been using DO to host some sites for my clients, and now I'm looking at needing disk space for a project where we need a low power server with a bunch of disk space. It looks like AWS is going to be what we end up using.

LouisL February 25, 2015

Bump, really need this, really don't want to bail for AWS..

rebirth March 4, 2015

Currently this is the only factor holding us back from using another platform. We love DigitalOcean and have used it for about a year, but as we will be using your service for hosting databases for an app, we cant take the risk of running out of space. What do we do if our databases will increase past the tier we are in? We cant keep resizing, especially if we will also be implementing load balancing.

mark766767 March 24, 2015

Digital Ocean, you guys rule! I have been using your services for personal and clients' use alike for almost a year now and would be loath to have to switch over to another provider due to a particular requirement such as disk resizes + additional storage.

++1 to this, hope it gets implemented soon!

fvhemert April 20, 2015

+1, more Owncloud space would be nice, I don't need more RAM nor do I need a stronger CPU.

mqmaker April 22, 2015

+1, waiting toooooooooo long for this feature

leob May 18, 2015

+1 would also really like this feature. Especially for my ownCloud droplet.

Hickory420 May 22, 2015

I am also waiting for this feature... At the moment Vultr has the best option for extra storage space with low hardware specs.

Please add this feature soon!! This is the only thing keeping me from consolidating all of my scattered VPS's over to Digital Ocean. Please Please Please!

Thank you :)

jmcl May 26, 2015

Also waiting for this.

broederjacobs July 26, 2015

It's been 3 years... Are we really going to have to find a different provider if we want more storage, without paying for more CPU cores and RAM which we're not going to use?

jjharr August 5, 2015

+1 Hopefully this will be near top of the list with your new funding.

Sukh August 12, 2015

want this feature too. Need more space.

dsmithatx October 26, 2015

+1 I need a lower CPU/Mem instance with at least 120GB storage (Doesn't have to be SSD but, would be awesome). Might start using Digital Ocean if adding storage is possible in the future until then finding a cheaper option.

kevinisaac November 2, 2015

+1 from my side. Is it really that hard to implement? It's been 3 years.

gusreyes01 November 9, 2015

+1 :)

prakash0450 December 6, 2015

What a shame DigitalOcean. After spending few years with AWS, my first experience with DigitalOcean is so impressive in ease of use and speed. I almost decided to move my apps from AWS to DO until I hit upon this message post. Very sad to see that DO is so unresponsive to user requests and users are disappointed and leaving DO. It is unthinkable for a startup to behave in this manner.

Are your investors not paying attention to customer feedback?

You just lost another potential client. I will stick with AWS for now. Good Bye...

NItinvaja786 January 3, 2016

+1 I think I will leaving Digital ocean as well as its something I really need.

brooklynb7 May 16, 2016

Looking forward to this feature!

dovellr177 May 16, 2016

+1 for this feature

moisey MOD June 7, 2016

It's been a long time coming but we are now in the final private beta testing stages with customers for our new block storage service. This will allow customers to create persistent and highly available storage devices that they can attach to droplets which also have snapshot and resize capabilities.

This will allow customers that either need to expand storage to their existing droplets, or have larger storage needs then our current plans allow to scale their infrastructure with us.

We have another month of testing to ensure that the product meetings production quality and then we will be able to move to GA and launching it in several datacenters.

Very excited to get this out door in the summer as well as many other exciting developments to come this year.

Thanks everyone!

tolgaakcura October 14, 2016

I got this error:

Error creating Volume: POST https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/volumes: 403 (request "b8173bc0-5b03-4fa7-88bc-4c7bd1b09812") volume limit exceeded

I couldn't find any limit mentioned for total volume count anywhere, but apparently there is a limit of 25, and I couldn't see any form to increase this volume limit like droplet limit.

I'm writing here for making this information public. Is there any way to increase this limit? we'll need at least 200 volumes in fra-1 region.

LorincDilip May 4, 2017

I've got the same error while creating volume from web page, but i have only 1 volume. Any pointers how to workaround this issue?

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