Updated 2023-08-29

Get Started with Block Volumes

Block volumes provide high-performance, persistent cloud storage for a wide range of application workloads.

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Block Storage Cloning Realtime Elastic Performance and Cost Configuration Volume Groups

Create point-in-time, direct disk-to-disk copies of an existing volume within seconds, for scenarios such as storage scale out, disaster recovery, DevTest environments, duplication, and production troubleshooting.

Dynamically change the performance and cost characteristics of block storage and boot volumes instantaneously.

Group multiple block and boot volumes, and perform crash-consistent point-in-time coordinated backups and clones across all the volumes in the group.

Features

Links to get started:

Overview of Block Volume

Creating a Block Volume

Attaching a Block Volume to an Instance

Tutorial: Create an Always Free instance and attach a block volume

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Updated 2023-08-29