Documentation

Block storage concepts

Overview

Block storage concepts

Background on Quake AI block storage: what a volume is, how it attaches to an instance, how snapshots and clones differ, and what survives instance deletion. For step-by-step procedures, see the how-to guides.

Concepts

Volumes: Applications need storage that survives reboots, instance deletions, and infrastructure changes. Volumes provide that: persistent block storage devices that attach to instances, behave like physical...

Quick answers

Why do Block Storage API curl examples fail with an unset `OS_VOLUME_URL` or `OS_TOKEN`?API
Why does `openstack volume set --size` fail on an attached volume with "Volume is in in-use state, it must be available before size can be extended"?CLIAPI

See all Block FAQs

Common Block Storage tasks

→Clone volume →Create volume →Create volume snapshot →Extend volume →Transfer volume ownership

Block storage concepts

Block storage concepts

Concepts

Quick answers

Common Block Storage tasks

See Also