How to create a Block Storage volume

Reviewed on 19 August 2024 • Published on 23 November 2023

Before you start

To complete the actions presented below, you must have:

A Scaleway account logged into the console
Owner status or IAM permissions allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization

Click Instances in the Compute section of the side menu. The Instances page displays.
Click the Volumes tab to display a list of all your current volumes.
Click Create volume to create a volume that can be attached to any of your Instances.
Choose an Availability Zone for the volume.
Important
The volume must be in the same Availability Zone as the Instance you want to connect it to.
Enter the volume name and select a size.
Configure the volume type. You can either create a Block Storage or *Local Storage volume.

Note

To use Block Storage Low Latency 15k, your Instance must have at least 3 GiB/s of block bandwidth.
You can verify if an Instance type meets this requirement by consulting the Scaleway Instances internet and Block Storage bandwidth overview documentation.

Alternatively, use the Instances API to check the block_bandwidth field at /instance/v1/zones/{zone}/products/servers.
This field provides detailed information about block bandwidth for each Instance type, helping you ensure compatibility with high-performance storage.

Click Create volume to confirm.

Tip

You can also create Block Storage volumes from the Block Storage console section.