DocsStorageFile Storage (NFS & SMB)

File Storage (NFS & SMB)

Shared file systems that multiple VMs can mount simultaneously.

File storage provides shared folders on the platform’s distributed storage, exported over NFS (Linux) and SMB (Windows). Multiple VMs mount the same share and read/write concurrently — ideal for shared application content, home directories, and lift-and-shift workloads that expect a file server.

Creating a Share

Create the share

Storage → File Shares → Create. Choose protocol (NFS, SMB, or both), a capacity quota, and the VPC from which it will be reachable.

Set access control

For NFS, whitelist client subnets and choose read-only or read-write per subnet. For SMB, grant access to platform users or Active Directory identities if AD integration is configured.

Mount from your VMs

Use the mount target address shown on the share detail page.

bash

# Linux (NFS)
sudo mount -t nfs share-a1b2.fs.accra-1.daakyicloud.com:/exports/shared /mnt/shared

# Persist across reboots
echo 'share-a1b2.fs.accra-1.daakyicloud.com:/exports/shared /mnt/shared nfs defaults,_netdev 0 0' \
  | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab

# Windows (SMB)
net use Z: \\share-a1b2.fs.accra-1.daakyicloud.com\shared /persistent:yes

Quotas and Growth

Each share has a capacity quota you can raise at any time without remounting. Usage is visible per share in the console and counts toward your VDC storage quota.

File shares are reachable only from inside your VPC (or over VPN). They are never exposed to the public internet.