Services
Block Storage
Fast, resilient volumes that grow with you — no downtime, no rebuild.
Overview
High-performance NVMe block storage that attaches directly to your machines and expands online as you grow, with snapshots on demand. Capacity scales with the business, not against a maintenance window.
What's included
- High-performance NVMe and value tiers
- Grow capacity online — zero downtime
- On-demand snapshots for fast recovery
- Priced and billed in CAD
Why teams choose Block Storage
NVMe volumes from $0.14/GB per month in CAD, value tiers lower, with snapshots and free transfer.
Grow capacity without downtime
Expand volumes online as you grow, with no maintenance window and no rebuild.
High-performance NVMe
Attach fast NVMe volumes directly to your machines for demanding databases and applications.
On-demand snapshots
Capture point-in-time snapshots whenever you need fast recovery.
Predictable CAD pricing
Volumes are priced and billed in Canadian dollars with no per-gigabyte transfer surprises.
Block Storage features
Everything you need to build and scale.
NVMe and value tiers
Choose high-performance NVMe or lower-cost SSD and HDD tiers to match the workload.
Online expansion
Grow volume capacity while the volume stays attached and in use.
On-demand snapshots
Take snapshots at any time for fast recovery and cloning.
Direct attachment to instances
Attach volumes directly to your compute instances and Kubernetes nodes.
Regional data residency
Volumes live in the Canadian region you select.
Transparent CAD pricing
NVMe starts at $0.14/GB per month, with snapshots billed per gigabyte and free transfer.
How Block Storage compares
See why teams choose ZSoftly Cloud Platform.
| Capability | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Online capacity growth | Expand storage with zero downtime instead of provisioning a new volume and migrating. |
| Free, unmetered transfer | Reads and writes carry no bandwidth charge, unlike metered transfer on hyperscalers. |
| Transparent CAD pricing | Per-gigabyte tiers in Canadian dollars with no IOPS or throughput add-on billing to decode. |
| Sovereign Canadian infrastructure | Volumes sit on storage ZSoftly owns in Canada, with data residency you control. |
| No proprietary lock-in | Standard block volumes attach to standard instances, keeping your workloads portable. |
Use cases for Block Storage
- Database and stateful application volumes
- High-IOPS workloads on NVMe tiers
- Persistent volumes for Kubernetes via CSI
- Capacity storage for logs and bulk data
- Volumes that need to grow with the business
- Snapshot-based backup and recovery
How Block Storage works
- 1
Create a volume
In the portal, pick a region, size, and storage tier.
- 2
Attach to an instance
Attach the volume to a compute instance or Kubernetes node.
- 3
Format and mount
Format the volume and mount it inside your machine.
- 4
Snapshot for safety
Take on-demand snapshots whenever you need a recovery point.
- 5
Expand as you grow
Increase capacity online without downtime or a rebuild.
Get started with Block Storage
Launch in minutes, scale when ready.
- Sign up and create a volume in your Canadian region
- Choose an NVMe or value tier and attach it to an instance
- Format, mount, and start writing data
- Take snapshots and expand capacity as you grow
Fast, resilient volumes that grow with you — no downtime, no rebuild.
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Eligible new accounts get CA$100 in promotional credit for 30 days. Spend CA$200 on eligible compute plans, then request another CA$200 in promotional credit, for up to CA$300 total. For prepaid accounts, a CA$1.00 verification payment is added to account credit and remains available. No long-term contract. Or talk to our team about a private cloud build-out.
Eligible new accounts only · Offer ends Dec 31, 2026 · Terms apply · ZSoftly Technologies Inc., Ottawa ON