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title: "OVHcloud Block Storage"
description: "All the OVHcloud US Block Storage documentation: guides, tutorials and reference for every task."
url: https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/storage-and-backup/block-storage/landing-page-block-storage
lang: en
lastUpdated: 2026-09-28
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# OVHcloud Block Storage

## OVHcloud Block Storage

With the Block Storage solution, you get secure and flexible storage volumes. All of which are available on demand.

## Key concepts

- [Choosing the right Block Storage class](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/storage-and-backup/block-storage/the-right-storage-class.md)

### Getting started

- [How to create and configure an additional disk on an instance](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/storage-and-backup/block-storage/create-and-configure-an-additional-disk-on-an-instance.md)
- [Creating a volume backup](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/storage-and-backup/block-storage/volume-backup.md)
- [Creating a volume snapshot](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/storage-and-backup/block-storage/create-volume-snapshot.md)

### Configuration

- [Creating a volume from a backup](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/storage-and-backup/block-storage/create-volume-from-backup.md)
- [Increasing the size of an additional disk](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/storage-and-backup/block-storage/increase-the-size-of-an-additional-disk.md)
- [Test disk speed](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/storage-and-backup/block-storage/test-disk-speed.md)

### Migration

- [Migrating a Block Storage volume to an encrypted LUKS volume](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/storage-and-backup/block-storage/migrating-non-encrypted-to-encrypted-volume.md)
- [Change your Block Storage volume type](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/storage-and-backup/block-storage/switch-volume-type.md)

### Additional resources

- [Block Storage - Responsibility sharing](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/storage-and-backup/block-storage/responsibility-sharing.md)