Volume How-Tos

Volumes are network-based block devices that provide additional data storage for Droplets. You can move them between Droplets and resize them at any time. Learn more about volumes.

Getting Started

How to Create and Set Up Volumes for Use with Droplets

Create a new volume from the control panel, format it to create its filesystem, then attach and mount it to a Droplet to use it.

How to Move Volumes between Droplets

Move volumes between Droplets in the same region, or use snapshots to move volumes to Droplets in different regions.

How to Increase the Size of DigitalOcean Volumes Block Storage

Scale up the amount of storage space available on a volume.

Volume Management

How to Mount Volumes

Mount a formatted volume to make its filesystem accessible to the Droplet it’s attached to.

How to Unmount Volumes

Unmount volumes before resizing or detaching them to protect data integrity.

How to Detach Volumes

Detach a volume to remove it from its current Droplet, which lets you reattach it to a different Droplet.

How to Delete Volumes

Delete a volume to permanently and irreversibly destroy the volume and its contents.

Volume Partition Management

How to Create Partitions on DigitalOcean Volumes Block Storage

Partition volumes to divide a single storage device into smaller units that you can manage independently.

How to Expand Partitions After Resizing a Volume

After you resize a partitioned volume to increase its available amount of disk, rewrite the partition table and expand the filesystem to use the new space.