1. Getting Started with Oracle Cloud at Customer
  2. Getting Started with IaaS and PaaS Services
  3. Compute Classic: Basic Tasks
  4. Create a Storage Volume

Create a Storage Volume

A storage volume is a virtual disk that provides persistent block storage space for instances in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic. You can create storage volumes and attach them to instances to provide block storage capacity for storing data and applications. You can also associate a storage volume with a machine image, and then use the storage volume as the boot disk for an instance.

  1. Sign in to the Compute Classic console.
  2. Click the Storage tab.
  3. Click Create Storage Volume.
  4. Select or enter the required information:

    • Enter a name for the storage volume.

    • Enter the volume size, in GB.

    Leave the other fields at the default values.
  5. Click Create.

While the new storage volume is being created, the Status field for the storage volume shows Initializing.

When the storage volume is ready, the Status field changes to Online.