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Creating & Attaching a Storage or Disk

You can create a blank disk and attach it to your VM instance. This disk functions as a non-root disk.

  • On the main page of the Service Portal Cloudeka, select the Storage menu.

  • Click the Create Storage button.

  • Fill in the Create Storage form with the following information.

Column
Description

Storage Type

Select the storage type to be used. Available options include Basic, Standard, Premium, NVMe Standard, and NVMe Premium. Refer to the storage type comparison table below for details on performance and supported features.

Select Volume Size

Specify the storage size required.

Do you want to attach this storage to an instance or not?

Select Yes if you want to attach the storage to an instance, or select No if you want to attach the storage later.

Select Instance

Select the instance where the storage will be attached.

Name Volume

Name for the volume.

Billing Type

Based on the project billing type used.

Zone

Zone used for the storage.

The following table provides a comparison of each storage type, including IOPS ranges and feature availability. Review the information below before selecting a storage type.

Tier
IOPS
TBS
TKP
JAH

Basic

No IOPS guarantee

Yes

Yes

No

Standard

750 - 2,500 IOPS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Premium

2,250 - 4,500 IOPS

Yes

Yes

Yes

NVMe Standard

4,500 - 10,000 IOPS

Yes

No

No

NVMe Premium

10,000 - 15,000 IOPS

Yes

No

No

  • Click the Create button to save the data or Cancel if you do not want to save the data.

  • A notification will appear displaying the message "Storage has successfully created".

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