Volume management

A volume is a block-storage unit with a lifecycle independent of the VM. You create a volume once, attach/detach it across VMs, resize it and snapshot it without touching the VM itself. Fits long-lived data, data shared between VMs or workloads where you want to keep data off the system disk.

Create a volume

Create a new volume with the size and storage tier you need.

Attach a volume

Attach a volume to a VM, mount the filesystem and start using it.

Resize a volume

Increase volume capacity and grow the filesystem inside the OS.

Detach a volume

Unmount and detach a volume safely when you no longer need it on the VM.