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# Block Storage

Fast, resilient volumes that grow with you — no downtime, no rebuild.

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## 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

 [Technical documentation](https://docs.zcp.zsoftly.ca/public-cloud/storage/block-storage/create-volume/)

## 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. 1

   ### Create a volume

   In the portal, pick a region, size, and storage tier.
2. 2

   ### Attach to an instance

   Attach the volume to a compute instance or Kubernetes node.
3. 3

   ### Format and mount

   Format the volume and mount it inside your machine.
4. 4

   ### Snapshot for safety

   Take on-demand snapshots whenever you need a recovery point.
5. 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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