{"id":38138,"date":"2023-04-19T09:08:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T07:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/?p=38138"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:55:34","slug":"resize-a-volume-partition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/cloud\/resize-a-volume-partition\/","title":{"rendered":"Extend the file system of a cloud volume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Note: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This tutorial applies to <\/span><b>Linux <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">operating systems using the <\/span><b>ext4 file system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In xneelo Cloud you can extend your storage volumes at any time to increase the size and access more storage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, when an attached volume is resized, the file system on the volume <\/span><b>does not automatically resize<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to use the new space. You need to do this manually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This requires both the partition and the file system to be extended. Follow the steps below to learn how.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">The following steps offer general guidance for resizing a partition on Linux.\u00a0 Specific commands may differ depending on your distro.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false,"plain":"<b>Note: <\/b><span >This tutorial applies to <\/span><b>Linux <\/b><span >operating systems using the <\/span><b>ext4 file system<\/b><span >.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >In xneelo Cloud you can extend your storage volumes at any time to increase the size and access more storage.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >However, when an attached volume is resized, the file system on the volume <\/span><b>does not automatically resize<\/b><span > to use the new space. 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