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Vultr provides instance block storage.

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The author used a high-configured backup server for remote backups and also used it as an image hosting platform. However, they encountered some issues and decided to add a second backup server with the same configuration. Since they had multiple Vultr accounts with sufficient funds, they directly opened another server. As the balance in the second backup server's account could only be maintained for a month, the author thought of using Vultr's block storage feature and decided to mount a storage device on a 1h1g server. They provided installation instructions for creating a new partition, creating a new file system, and mounting the block storage. The author mentions that the previous cost of the server and Vultr backup was $48, but now with the server and block storage together, it costs $7.5.

For the project, I have set up a dedicated backup server for offsite backups.

The configuration of this offsite backup server is quite high, but it is only used for backup purposes and does not require such a high-end server.

So I decided to use it as an image hosting server for myself, but later I found that the image files took up a lot of space, reaching 80GB, and I also ran some other projects on it.

Then I encountered some other issues, so I added another backup to the main server and the offsite backup server.

This new server has the same configuration as the offsite backup server, as I have multiple Vultr accounts and each account has funds.

So I directly created a new server, but the balance in the second backup server can only last for one month.

Then I thought about the block storage feature of Vultr and remembered that Tencent Cloud allows mounting of hard drives for servers. So I created a 1h1g server and mounted block storage.

Installation Guide:#

The first block storage device is connected to your server as /dev/vdb. Other devices will be renumbered (/dev/vdc, /dev/vdd, etc.). By default, we do not create any file systems on the block storage volume.

Create a new empty partition:
# parted -s /dev/vdb mklabel gpt 
# parted -s /dev/vdb unit mib mkpart primary 0% 100%

Create a new empty file system:
# mkfs.ext4 /dev/vdb1

Mount the block storage:
# mkdir /mnt/blockstorage 
# echo >> /etc/fstab 
# echo /dev/vdb1 /mnt/blockstorage ext4 defaults,noatime,nofail 0 0 >> /etc/fstab 
# mount /mnt/blockstorage

Previously, the cost was $48 for the server and Vultr backup together, but now it is only $7.5 for the server and block storage combined.

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