Persistent storage allows you to create data volumes that persist beyond the lifecycle of individual instances and can be attached to different instances as needed.

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Step-by-Step Guide

1

Go to Storage tab in your Instances page, and click on `Create Disk`

Storage page
2

Choose a provider to provision the disk and select the datacenter where the disk should be created.

Select storage provider
Select storage datacenter
3

Enter desired disk size and click `Create Disk`

Enter disk size
4

The disk will begin provisioning. You can only attach disks that have an `Active` status.

Shared disk page with disk