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Create a volume

You can create volumes that you can attach to VM (Virtual Machine) created within the same Sub-region. volumes allow you to add storage capacity to a VM if the system volume has reached its maximum storage capacity, or to separate your data storage from the VM operating system files.

Permissions​

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This action requires the following IAM (Identity and Access Management) permissions:

  • compute.blockStorage.create
From the left-hand side menu, click Storage → Block Storage → Volumes.
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  1. Log in to the Numspot console.

  2. From the left-hand side menu, click Storage → Block Storage → Volumes.

  3. Click Create a volume. The "Volume creation" page appears.

  4. In the "Sub-region (Availability zone)" list, select the Sub-region in which you want to create the volume.

  5. In the "Name" field, type a name for the volume.

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    This action adds a Name tag of up to 255 characters. You can use any characters, including accented letters.

  6. In the "Size" field, type the size of the volume.

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    The minimum size allowed for a volume is:

    • 1 GiB for 'standard';
    • 1 GiB for 'gp2';
    • 4 GiB for 'io1'.

    The maximum size allowed for a volume is 14901 GiB.

  7. In the "Type" list, select a volume type:

    • standard for a Magnetic volume;
    • io1 for an Enterprise volume;
    • gp2 for a Performance volume.

  8. (io1 volumes only) In the "IOPS" field, type the number of IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second) for the volume or select it using the arrows.

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    The maximum number of IOPS allowed for io1 volumes is 13,000, with a maximum performance ratio of 300 IOPS per gibibyte.

  9. In the "Number" field, type the number of volumes you want to create.

  10. In the "Snapshot" list, leave "None" selected.

  11. Click Create a volume. The volume is created.

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