Volume How-Tos

Generated on 14 Nov 2026

Volumes are network-attached block storage. You can use them with Droplets, use Standard volumes with Kubernetes clusters, and move, resize, or snapshot them at any time.

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Getting Started

How to Create and Set Up Volumes for Use with Droplets

Create, format, and mount volumes for use with Droplets.

How to Create High Performance Block Storage Volumes

Create High Performance Block Storage volumes, which deliver up to 60,000 IOPS and 1,200 MB/s per volume over NVMe/TCP, and attach them to Droplets.

How to Increase the Size of DigitalOcean Volumes Block Storage

Resize a volume and expand its filesystem to use the additional space.

Volume Management

How to Detach and Delete Volumes

Detach or permanently delete volumes from Droplets.

How to Mount and Unmount Volumes

Manually mount, persistently mount, and unmount volumes on Droplets.

Partition Management

How to Create Partitions on DigitalOcean Volumes Block Storage

Create partitions on a DigitalOcean volume and format them with a Linux filesystem.

How to Expand Partitions After Resizing a Volume

Expand the last partition and filesystem on a resized volume.

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