Storage – A Guide
Login to your cloud dashboard with userid / password provided in an email.
(IMPORTANT: Dashboard uses features from HTML5, please use browser that fully supports HTML5. Some examples are Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera).
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- In dashboard, expand “Compute” from left navigation menu.
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– - Select “Volumes“.
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– - Click “+ Create Volume” button to start creating your storage volume.
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–- Volume Name: Provide a name for the volume.
- Description: A brief description so it is easier to understand the purpose of this volume.
- Type: Select a type if there are different options available.
- Size: A numeric value in Gigabytes for volume size.
- Volume Source: A drop down selection gives you option to either create a blank disk by selecting “No source, empty volume” or “Image” then selecting one of the available source images from “Use Image as a source” drop down menu.
- Availability Zone: Leave default, or select the zone that you prefer.
- Click “Create Volume“.
- Your dashboard will automatically switch back to “Volumes” and you can see your Volume listed in the table. If you selected to create a volume based on a “Image”, the amount of time it takes to copy data will vary. Be patient on “Windows” images as they are between 5 GB – 7 GB each as system will make a full copy of source image to your volume.
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– - Once the volume Status is “Available“, you volume is ready. You can perform further actions under “More” next to each volume.
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– - If an image is used as a source for volume creation, this volume can be used as a boot device in “Create Instances (Virtual Machines)” tutorial.
- If this is an empty volume, you can click on “More” and then “Edit Attachments” to mount this volume as additional disk on an existing virtual machine.
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– - System also offers an on-demand way to add additional storage if your volume is running out of disk space. Click “More” next to your volume, then “Extend Volume“.
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– - Other options under “More” include “Create Snapshot“.
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– - Once you no longer need this additional volume, you can always “Delete Volume” from “More” options.
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– - Congratulations, you now have dedicated storage volumes / drives in your virtual data-center.

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