Managing Cloud Server disks > Adding one or more secondary disks to a Cloud Server

02 Adding one or more secondary disks to a Cloud Server

Which Cloud Servers can secondary disks be added to

You can add one or more secondary disks to all Cloud Servers: OpenStack Cloud Server, VMware Cloud Server and Cloud VPS Hyper-V.

When secondary disks can be added

You can add one or more secondary disks both when creating and when editing a Cloud Server.

How many secondary disks can be added to a Cloud Server

Cloud Servers (regardless of the hypervisor selected) include a primary disk (HD 1).
When creating or editing a Cloud Server, you can add up to three secondary disks (HD 2, HD 3 and HD 4).

Adding one or more secondary disks to a Cloud Server

  • Go to the Cloud Server details page;
  • select the Resources tab below the Cloud Server name;
  • on the Features of the Server page, you can see the primary disk (HD 1) and any secondary disks;
  • select ADD HD;
  • choose the disk size;
    • you can repeat the operation until you have a maximum of three secondary disks;
  • go to the bottom of the page and confirm the operation by selecting EDIT SERVER;
  • remember that to use the secondary disks you have added, you need to activate them.