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Volume How-Tos

Validated on September 16, 2019 • Posted on June 19, 2018

Block storage volumes are network-based block devices that provide additional data storage for Droplets. You can move them between Droplets and resize them at any time.

Getting Started

Create and Set Up Volumes

Create a new volume from the control panel, format it to create its filesystem, then attach and mount it to a Droplet to use it.

Move Volumes between Droplets

Move volumes between Droplets in the same region, or use snapshots to move volumes to Droplets in different regions.

Increase the Size of Volumes

Scale up the amount of storage space available on a volume.

Volume Management

Mount Volumes

Mount a formatted volume to make its filesystem accessible to the Droplet it's attached to.

Unmount Volumes

Unmount volumes before resizing or detaching them to protect data integrity.

Detach Volumes

Detach a volume to remove it from its current Droplet, which lets you reattach it to a different Droplet.

Delete Volumes

Delete a volume to permanently and irreversibly destroy the volume and its contents.

Volume Partition Management

Partition Volumes

Partition volumes to divide a single storage device into smaller units that you can manage independently.

Expand Partitions

After you resize a partitioned volume to increase its available amount of disk, rewrite the partition table and expand the filesystem to use the new space.