{"id":39920,"date":"2024-07-24T16:00:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/?p=39920"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:59:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:59:49","slug":"create-and-manage-volumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/cloud\/create-and-manage-volumes\/","title":{"rendered":"Create and manage cloud volumes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Volumes are virtual block storage devices that provide persistent storage for your instances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud instances have a boot volume, and can have additional volumes attached. Best practice is to create a smaller boot volume (for your operating system only) and to store your data on separate volumes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This makes it easier to scale storage, manage your data, and reduce costs by using standard volumes for non-critical data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this article we\u2019ve provided you with <\/span><b>step-by-step guides<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on how to create and manage volumes and attach them to your instances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to learn more about the key concepts and terminology, see the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/cloud\/volumes-in-xneelo-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Volumes in xneelo Cloud<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> help article. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false,"plain":"<span >Volumes are virtual block storage devices that provide persistent storage for your instances.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >Cloud instances have a boot volume, and can have additional volumes attached. Best practice is to create a smaller boot volume (for your operating system only) and to store your data on separate volumes.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >This makes it easier to scale storage, manage your data, and reduce costs by using standard volumes for non-critical data.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >In this article we\u2019ve provided you with <\/span><b>step-by-step guides<\/b><span > on how to create and manage volumes and attach them to your instances.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >If you want to learn more about the key concepts and terminology, see the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/cloud\/volumes-in-xneelo-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span >Volumes in xneelo Cloud<\/span><\/a><span > help article. <\/span>"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article we\u2019ve provided you with step-by-step guides on how to create and manage volumes using the xneelo Cloud 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