Disks & Partitions

The foundation of local storage in Vapor is the raw block devices attached to the host.

Viewing Disks

Navigate to Storage > Disks to view all detected block devices. The list includes:

• Device Path (e.g., /dev/sda, /dev/nvme0n1)
• Size and Type (HDD, SSD, NVMe)
• Current usage and partition layout.

Formatting and Mounting

If you add a new, unformatted disk to the system, you can initialize it directly from Vapor:

1. Select the new disk from the Disks list.
2. Click Format.
3. Choose the desired filesystem (ext4, xfs, btrfs).
4. Once formatted, you can Mount the filesystem to a specific directory path on the host.

WARNING

Formatting a disk is a destructive operation. All existing data on the block device will be permanently erased.

Once a disk is formatted and mounted, that mount point can be used to create a Directory Storage Pool for Virtual Machines.