Network Volumes

Create persistent network volumes that outlive individual deployments. Attach the same storage to instances within the same provider and region.

Network volumes are persistent block storage that lives independently of any single deployment. Attach a volume to an instance to keep datasets, model weights, and outputs around across deployments - and share it between deployments in the same provider and region.

Same provider and region

A volume can only be attached to instances on the same provider and in the same region where it was created. Pick the provider and location to match where you deploy.

What you can do

Create persistent volumes of a chosen size
Attach a volume to a running instance, and detach it later
Resize a volume as your storage needs grow
Clone a volume to a new location
Track total provisioned size and which volumes are attached vs. available

Supported providers

Network volumes are available on DataCrunch and Hyperstack. Each provider exposes its own set of locations and volume types (for example, NVMe on DataCrunch and ssd on Hyperstack).

Create a volume

Create the volume

Go to Volumes in your account
Click Create volume
Choose the Provider, give the volume a Name, set its Size (GB), pick a Location, and (where applicable) a Type
Click Create Volume

The Create Network Volume dialog, with provider, name, size, location, and type fields

Attach it to an instance

From the volume's actions, choose Attach and provide the target Instance ID and Location code (e.g. us-dallas-1). The volume becomes available to that instance.

Resize or clone

Resize - increase a volume's size in place as you need more space
Clone - copy a volume to a new location code (e.g. FIN-01) to seed storage in another region

Reading the dashboard

The Volumes page with provider filter and summary stats for total, attached, and unattached volumes

The Volumes page summarizes:

Volumes - total count
Total size - provisioned capacity across all volumes
Attached - volumes currently bound to a running instance
Unattached - volumes available to attach

Filter the list by provider to focus on a single platform.

Volumes persist (and bill) until deleted

A volume keeps its data - and keeps costing - after you detach it or close the deployment that used it. Delete volumes you no longer need to stop charges.