Manually Scaling Up Storage Space

Usage Notes

• Storage space can only be scaled up.
• You do not need to restart the instance while scaling its storage. The change has no impact on existing data, services, or your databases.

Procedure

1. Log in to the Huawei Cloud console.
2. On the Instances page, locate the target instance and choose More > Scale Storage Space in the Operation column.

   Click the instance name. In the Storage Space area on the Basic Information page, click Scale.

3. On the displayed page, specify new storage and click Next.
   Figure 1 Scaling up storage space
   
   • To scale up classic storage, you need to add at least 1 GB each time. The value must be an integer.
   • To scale up cloud native storage, you need to add at least 10 GB each time. The value must be an integer multiple of 10.

4. On the displayed page, confirm the storage space.
   • Yearly/Monthly
     • If you need to modify your settings, click Previous.
     • If you do not need to modify your settings, click Next and complete the payment.
   • Pay-per-use
     • If you need to modify your settings, click Previous.
     • If you do not need to modify your settings, click Submit.

5. Check the results.
   • During the scaling process, the instance status becomes Scaling up.
   • After the scaling process, the instance status becomes Available.
   • Click the instance name. In the Storage Space area on the Basic Information page, check the new storage space.