Block storage volume provision - Infrastructure

Location

Select the location where you want to create your block storage volume.

Geography

Europe

Region

Frankfurt (eu-de)

Zone

eu-de-2

Details

Name

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Tags (optional)

If your user tags are billing related, consider writing tags as key:value pairs, such as costctr:124

Optional configurations

A snapshot is a point-in-time copy of a Block Storage for VPC volume. If you have a snapshot, you can use it to create this volume with the data in the snapshot.

Apply backup policy

To apply a backup policy, select “Apply” to choose a backup policy and apply its tags for target resource(s) to volume. Learn more

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Attach to existing virtual server

Attach the block volume to an existing virtual server by selecting one from the table.

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Profile

Select a Predefined profile when you want flexible IOPS performance that falls within a general range in three performance tiers. Max IOPS for all tiers starts at 3000, then increases based on the storage tier and volume size. Learn more

3 IOPS/GB

General purpose

A good choice for workloads, such as boot volumes and dev/test

Max IOPS: based on selected size

Size Range:
10-16000 GB

5 IOPS/GB

Higher intensity

Best for more intense I/O workloads, such as relational databases

Max IOPS: based on selected size

Size Range:
10-9600 GB

10 IOPS/GB

Most demanding

Workloads, such as NoSQL databases, machine learning, and analytics

Max IOPS: based on selected size

Size Range:
10-4800 GB

Storage size (GB)

Enter a size between 10 and 16000 GB.

Encryption at rest

Block storage volumes for VPC are automatically encrypted at rest by using IBM-managed keys. You can also choose to import or create your own keys and manage them by using one of the approved services. Learn more

Select the encryption level for this volume.

Provider managed

This is encryption with IBM-managed keys. You can't remove encryption later.

Key Protect

Key Protect is a multi-tenant customer-managed encryption service with a shared hardware security module.

Hyper Protect Crypto Services

Hyper Protect Crypto Services is a single-tenant customer-managed encryption service with a dedicated hardware security module.

Profile

General Purpose Tier Gen2 (3 IOPS)

Cost

Hourly

Monthly

With the general purpose profile, you can provision block storage volumes in VPC with capacity starting from 10 GB and up to 16,000 GB. This profile provides 3 IOPS per GB of capacity provisioned. Baseline throughput is determined by the number of IOPS multiplied by the throughput multiplier. The throughput multiplier is 16 KB for general purpose. Maximum possible throughput for the general purpose profile is 670 MB/s.

Pricing for the general purpose profile is calculated using a linear model. The price scales linearly depending on the volume size you select.

Charge metricCost

Data storage (per GB)

$0.000133

Profile

5 IOPS/GB tier Gen2 (5 IOPS)

Cost

Hourly

Monthly

With the 5 IOPS/GB profile, you can provision block storage volumes in VPC with capacity starting from 10 GB and up to 9,600 GB. This profile provides 5 IOPS per GB of capacity provisioned. Baseline throughput is determined by the number of IOPS multiplied by the throughput multiplier. The throughput multiplier is 16 KB for the 5 IOPS tier. Maximum possible throughput for the 5 IOPS/GB profile is 768 MB/s.

Pricing for the 5 IOPS/GB profile is calculated using a linear model. The price scales linearly depending on the volume size you select.

Charge metricCost

Data storage (per GB)

$0.000232

Profile

10 IOPS/GB tier Gen2 (10 IOPS)

Cost

Hourly

Monthly

With the 10 IOPS/GB profile, you can provision block storage volumes in VPC with capacity starting from 10 GB and up to 4,800 GB. This profile provides 10 IOPS per GB of capacity provisioned. Baseline throughput is determined by the number of IOPS multiplied by the throughput multiplier. The throughput multiplier is 256 KB for the 10 IOPS tier. Maximum possible throughput for the 10 IOPS/GB profile is 1,024 MB/s.

Pricing for the 10 IOPS/GB profile is calculated using a linear model. The price scales linearly depending on the volume size you select.

Charge metricCost

Data storage (per GB)

$0.000797

Profile

Custom IOPS tier Gen2 (Custom)

Cost

Hourly

Monthly

With the custom profile, you can provision block storage volumes in VPC with capacity starting from 10 GB and up to 16,000 GB. Custom IOPS is a good option when you have well-defined performance requirements that do not fall within a predefined IOPS tier. You can customize the IOPS by specifying the total IOPS for the volume within the range for its volume size. You can provision volumes with IOPS performance from 100 IOPS to 48,000 IOPS, based on volume size. The throughput multiplier is 256 KB for the custom profile. Maximum possible throughput for the custom profile is 1,024 MB/s.

Pricing for the custom profile is based on a combination of capacity plus IOPS performance. Price for capacity and performance is calculated using a linear model. The price scales linearly depending on the volume size you select.

Charge metricCost

Data storage (per GB)

$0.000166

IOPS provisioned (per IOP)

$0.000117

You can also use the Global Catalog API to get pricing for valid service configurations and determine an estimated cost. Learn more
Service ID
10 IOPS/GB tier Gen2
5 IOPS/GB tier Gen2
Custom IOPS tier Gen2
General Purpose Tier Gen2

Summary

Get local disk performance with SAN persistence and durability. Increase storage capacity available to your IBM Cloud Virtual Servers with a maximum of 48k IOPS. Deploy flash-backed block storage volumes from 20GB to 16TB–and customize it all with a variety of capabilities.

Choose an IOPS tier profile for simple, predefined, per-GB pricing—ideal for workloads without well-defined performance requirements.

Or, build a fine-tuned environment with allocated IOPS using a Custom IOPS profile—ideal for workloads without well-understood requirements that fall outside of the predefined IOPS tiers.

Features

Flexible customization

Customize your storage capacity and number of IOPS based on your workload demands, then increase capacity and adjust IOPS on the fly without having to provision new storage.

Durability

Avoid data loss during maintenance or failures without creating system-level RAID arrays.

Encryption for data-at-rest

Protect your data with provider-managed encryption at rest at no additional charge. Or, choose to import and use your own root keys to protect your data while in transit and while at rest.

Volume duplication

Quickly and easily create a new volume with a copy of your data from a snapshot.

Global footprint

Provision block storage volumes for your cloud servers on datacenters around the world.

Flash-backed storage

Block storage for VPC is flash-backed for faster performance.

Flexible billing

To estimate pricing while you create a block storage volume, use the "Add to estimate" button on the Create tab.

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Optional configurations

Profile

3 IOPS/GB

5 IOPS/GB

10 IOPS/GB

Provider managed

Key Protect

Hyper Protect Crypto Services

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Features

Flexible customization

Durability

Encryption for data-at-rest

Volume duplication

Global footprint

Flash-backed storage

Flexible billing

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