Creating a Block Volume in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

In this article, let's see how to create a new Block Volume in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Services.


Network-attached storage volumes, attachable to compute instances. The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Block Volumes service provides persistent storage that can be attached to compute instances using the iSCSI protocol. The volumes are stored in high performance network storage and support automated backup and snapshot capabilities. Volumes and their backups are accessible only from within a customer's VCN and are encrypted at rest using unique keys. For additional security, iSCSI CHAP authentication can be required on a per-volume basis.

The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Block Volume service lets you dynamically provision and manage block storage volumes . You can create, attach, connect, and move volumes as needed to meet your storage and application requirements. After you attach and connect a volume to an instance, you can use the volume like a regular hard drive. You can also disconnect a volume and attach it to another instance without the loss of data.

Login to your Oracle Cloud account and go to the Infrastructure Menu and under the "Core Infrastructure"and click on the Block Storage > Block Volumes .

Create Block Volumes page opens, provide the its Name, compartment name where you want to put this resource, select appropriate AD and its size (size should be greater than or equals to 50GB). You can select the backup policy(Gold, Silver, Bronze) for the block volume getting created. If you already have your own encryption key stored in the Cloud Vault then you should select its option and provide the key or just let it be the default and let OCI create/handle one for you.

You can give a Tag for this resource and click on "Create Block Volume" to start its provision.

In few seconds, Block Volume is created and ready to be attached in any of the compute instance.

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