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How to increase your disk size

By default, your /home/ivm directory's disk size is 100G. If you need to increase the disk size of your /home/ivm directory for any reason, you can do so from the Virtual Machines page.

  1. Shutdown your VM if it is running.
  2. While creating a new VM from the Virtual Machines page, click on the Resize home disk section to expand it. The virtual machine page's 'Resize home disk' slider
  3. Use the slider to adjust the disk size according to your needs.
  4. Start the new VM with your preferred machine type.

The /home/ivm disk will be extended to the new size and previous data will be retained.

Info

We recommend you store long-term data in the red bucket and we advise users not to treat the /home/ivm directory as their permanent storage location. Disk size can be increased upto 1000 GB.

Warning

Disk size changes are permanent, it is not possible to reduce your /home/ivm disk size back. This may have implications for users who pay for their own Google Cloud usage.