Can I attach a volume to multiple Droplets?

You can attach a block storage volume to only one Droplet at a time. Volumes appear to Droplets as locally attached block devices, and attaching the same volume to multiple Droplets simultaneously can result in data corruption.

If you need multiple Droplets to access the same data, use a network filesystem hosted on a single Droplet with the volume attached. Common approaches include using SSHFS for simple or low-throughput use cases, or NFS for shared access across multiple Droplets and higher-performance workloads.

In these setups, one Droplet mounts the volume locally, and other Droplets access the data over the network instead of attaching the volume directly.

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Why does my Droplet show almost 100% disk usage even after attaching a new volume?

Attaching a volume adds separate storage and does not increase a Droplet’s root disk size.

Why is my resized volume smaller than I expected?

Differences in filesystem overhead, reserved space, and unit conversions can make a resized volume appear smaller than its allocated size.