Problem
I need to expand the disk of my server
Solution
You can expand any of the disks attached to your Spinup servers up to 10 TB, however, you cannot shrink a disk. Please note that resizing disks is not supported for TryIT servers.
At the bottom of the server page in Spinup there's a "Disks" panel listing all of the disks attached to your server. By default there is only one (root) disk. Click the "gear" icon under Actions and enter the new size that you want.
It may take a few minutes for the resize operation to complete and the new size will be reflected in the Disks panel. Note that after resizing a disk you need to wait at least 6 hours before resizing again, otherwise you'll get an error.
Important: If this is the root disk you cannot use more than 2 TB because of file system limitation (Linux servers use MBR partitioning by default). If you need more than 2 TB please add a new disk.
After the disk is resized you may need to manually extend the file system from the OS before the new capacity is usable. For specific instructions you can see the AWS documentation.
- For Linux servers - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/recognize-expanded-volume-linux.html
- For Windows servers - the file system should be extended automatically
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