How to set up a new droplet for extended storage only? (Block space n/a yet.)

Posted on November 19, 2016

I’m running out of disk space shortly and need to extend. Block Storage isn’t available in my region (SGP1) yet, I wish it were, and resizing the current droplet isn’t quite economically sensible when I don’t currently need the extra RAM, CPU etc.

I see I can set up private networking etc. between droplets in the same region. I’m hoping the community here would have tips for setting up a new droplet that’s used for storage only – basically emulating Block Storage until it becomes available – where the storage droplet is an extension of the “live” droplet’s filesystem as seamlessly as possible

In other details: The storage droplet would be hosting materials that are downloaded via websites on the main droplet. I could always point subdomains to the new droplet, but that’d mean a new basic stack of server software to maintain, which I’d rather avoid. Also I’d prefer to run scripts to check and analyze the files in one go, rather than in separate runs. Thanks very much! =^_^=

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Marko Mudrinić

November 21, 2016

I guess a NFS is a thing you’re looking for. How To Set Up an NFS Mount on Ubuntu 16.04 will explain you how to set it up. :)

alexdo

November 30, 2023

Heya,

You do not need to setup an another droplet to extent the disk storage. You can simply use our Block Storage or Spaces to increase the storage disk you have.

Block storage is a generic term used to describe network-based storage volumes that are usually offered by hosting providers. Unlike Object Storage, block storage usually does not provide its own API for direct access. Instead, it needs to be mounted to an existing server and shared from that server. If you are using DigitalOcean’s Block Storage, running an NFS server on an attached droplet is a good solution to expose a block storage volume.

How To Set Up an NFS Server Using Block Storage

Regards