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VPS Expandable Storage FAQ

VPS Expandable Storage empowers you with more storage capacity. Whether you're launching a data intensive application, expanding your media library or preparing for unexpected expansion, VPS Expandable Storage grows with you.

Required: VPS Expandable Storage requires knowledge with SSH (Linux) or RDC (Windows). If you'd like an easier solution to get more resources, we recommend upgrading your VPS Hosting.
Note: VPS Expandable Storage is currently in beta with more features planned in the future.

Select a question to see its answer:

How does VPS Expandable Storage work?

Dynamically increase your available disk space by following these steps:

  1. Purchase VPS Expandable Storage in your GoDaddy account.
  2. Create a disk.
  3. Set up your disk.
  4. Access your disk with SSH or FTP to upload, move or download your files.

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What plans are available?

StorageMonthly
100 GBUSD$4.99
250 GBUSD$12.49
500 GBUSD$24.99
1 TBUSD$49.99
2 TBUSD$99.99
4 TBUSD$199.99
8 TBUSD$399.99

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What if I have multiple VPS Hosting?

VPS Expandable Storage is linked to a single VPS Hosting and can't be shared across multiple servers.

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Is VPS Expandable Storage included with my VPS Hosting backups?

VPS Expandable Storage is not included in automatic and manual VPS Hosting backups.

If you want more storage that's included in your backups, we recommend upgrading your VPS Hosting instead of adding VPS Expandable Storage.

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How can I purchase VPS Expandable Storage?

Warning: Once purchased, VPS Expandable Storage is permanently attached to your VPS Hosting and they must be renewed or canceled together.
  1. Go to your GoDaddy product page.
  2. Scroll down, expand Servers and then select Manage next to the VPS Hosting you want to use.
  3. Select Settings.
  4. Under Additional Storage, select Get Additional Storage.
  5. Choose your storage plan, select Continue to cart and then complete your purchase.
    Note: You can increase your storage at any time but can't reduce it. We recommend starting with a smaller plan and upgrading as needed.

VPS Expandable Storage will be billed for the length of your plan and will renew automatically.

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How do I create a disk?

Creating a disk adds a storage device to your VPS Hosting which can then mounted to be accessible to the operating system and applications.

Note: You can create up to 5 disks per VPS Expandable Storage plan.
  1. Go to your GoDaddy product page.
  2. Scroll down, expand Servers and then select Manage next to the VPS Hosting you want to use.
  3. Select Settings.
  4. Under Additional Storage, select Create Disk.
  5. In the text boxes, enter your disk name and disk size.
  6. Select Create.

Once the disk is created, next to your disk, select meatball-menu menu to Expand or Delete its storage.

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How do I set up my disk?

After creating a disk, it must be initialized, formatted, and mounted before use.

Required: Commands must be run as root or with sudo.
  1. Connect using SSH.
  2. Find the path for your new disk:
    lsblk -f
    3. In this example, we identified /dev/sdb as the path for our disk because it appears without any filesystem information, indicating it hasn't been formatted yet: 
    NAME   FSTYPE   LABEL   UUID                                 MOUNTPOINT
sda                                                          
├─sda1 ext4             e51f4324-3d69-4f12-8dc7-b6a740d5e914 /
sdb
  3. Create a partition (replace /dev/sdb with your actual disk path):
    gdisk /dev/sdb
  4. Make a new directory:
    mkdir /mnt/storage
  5. Mount your disk to your directory:
    mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/storage
  6. Identify your disk's UUID:
    lsblk -f
  7. Using your UUID, make your mount permanent:
    echo 'UUID="[your-uuid-here]" /mnt/storage xfs defaults 0 2' >> /etc/fstab
  8. Apply your changes:
    systemctl daemon-reload
  9. Mount your disk:
    mount -a
  10. Verify your changes:
    mount | grep sdb
  1. Connect using RDC.
  2. Select Start, and then select Run.
  3. In the text box, enter diskmgmt.msc, and then select OK.
  4. Right-click your disk, and then select Online. If this is your first time setting up, the entire disk will be Unallocated.
  5. Right-click your disk, select Initialize Disk, ensure GPT is selected and then select OK.
  6. Next to your disk, right-click Unallocated, and then select New Simple Volume.
  7. Select Next.
  8. Enter your partition size, and then select Next.
  9. Select the dropdown menu, select a drive letter and then select Next.
  10. Fill out the form:
    • Ensure Format the volume with the following settings is selected.
    • Ensure the File system is NTFS.
    • (Optional) Enter a Volume label in the text box.
    • Ensure Perform a quick format is selected.
    • Ensure Enable file and folder compression is selected.
  11. Select Next.

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How do I access my disk?

After you've purchased, created, and set up your disk, connect using SSH (Linux) or RDC (Windows). Then go to your VPS Expandable Storage disk directory to upload, move or download your files.

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What happens if I rebuild my VPS Hosting?

If you rebuild your VPS Hosting on the same data center, your disks, storage, and data will remain intact and configured.

Warning: If you rebuild your VPS Hosting on a different data center, your VPS Expandable Storage plan will remain, but all the disks, storage and data will be permanently deleted.

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Which VPS Hosting doesn't offer VPS Expandable Storage?

The following operating systems currently don't offer VPS Expandable Storage:

  • Windows Server 2016
  • Ubuntu 16.04
  • Ubuntu 18.04

The following data centers currently don't offer VPS Expandable Storage:

  • Singapore

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