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Create a volume

Volumes are persistent block storage you can attach to an instance. Create one when you need a data disk separate from the instance's root disk, or to restore from a snapshot.

Prerequisites

  • A project you can launch into (owner or admin role).
  • Enough storage quota for the size you want — see Quotas and limits. The form shows you the remaining storage live.

Steps

1. Open the new volume form

  1. Open the project, then click Volumes under its menu.

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    Volumes page with the New volume button visible in the top right.

  2. Click New volume.

2. Fill in the form

  1. Name — short and descriptive. The name shows on attach pickers and the snapshots index, so a label that ties to the workload helps (e.g. pg-data-01, web-logs-staging).

  2. Description (optional) — anything that helps teammates tell volumes apart later.

  3. Size (GB) — minimum 1, default 10. The label above shows the storage quota remaining; the field is capped at it so you can't oversubscribe.

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    New volume form with the size field showing the remaining-storage hint.

  4. Storage backend (optional) — pick from the dropdown if your deployment exposes more than one volume type (SSD vs HDD, replicated vs local). Leave on Default if you don't have a reason to change it.

  5. Click Create volume.

3. Create a volume from a snapshot (alternative entry)

You can also create a volume from an existing snapshot. The flow starts from the snapshot, not from the New volume button:

  1. Open Snapshots under the project menu — see Manage snapshots.

  2. Click Create volume from snapshot on the snapshot's row.

    The new-volume form opens with the snapshot pre-selected, the size pinned to match the snapshot, and a name suggested as <snapshot-name>-restore. Adjust the name and description as needed, then click Create volume.

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    New volume form opened from a snapshot, with the blue info banner and locked size field.

Verification

The new volume appears in the Volumes list with status Available. The list auto-refreshes while creation is in flight; once status reaches Available the volume is ready to attach or take snapshots of.

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Volumes list with a newly-created volume in the Available state.

Next steps