Linode Free Upgrade Hard Disk Capacity Operation Process Record

Recently seen Linode upgrades hard disk capacity for free , which is good news for webmasters, especially for websites that need hard disk capacity. Weiaisi Blog also has a VPS in Linode that is used for a long time. Take this opportunity to upgrade the hard disk space and write down the operation process.

Linode is a VPS server provider abroad. It started early and is famous for its high stability. At the early stage, its price was relatively expensive. It belongs to the "noble" price of VPS. In the past two years, the price has dropped and the configuration has risen, so the overall cost performance ratio is high.

Log in to the Lionde background to find the server in use, and click the "Dashboard" panel interface of the current server to see the upgrade prompt. Click "click here for more information!" below to start the upgrade process.

Then click "Enter the Upgrade Queue NOW" to start the upgrade process. You can see that the current configuration is upgraded from 20GB to 25GB. On the right side is a description of how the upgrade works. Old Wei simply translated it as follows:

1. Click the Upgrade button.

2. Wait in the upgrade queue.

3. It is estimated that it will take 20 minutes to shut down and migrate the hard disk. The time will vary depending on the network and host configuration.

4. Start after upgrade.

5. After the upgrade is completed, adjust the hard disk capacity to take advantage of the performance of the new resources.

Next, I see a yellow page, reminding you that your Linode VPS is automatically starting to upgrade the queue plan. However, when Lao Wei was operating, he did not see the buttons on other people's screenshots on the network, only yellow pictures and prompt text. It seems that everything is automatic, and he forgot the screenshots in his hurry.

In fact, it took less than five minutes to complete the whole process. From the storage, we can see that the hard disk has been upgraded from 20GB to 25GB.

This time, Linode upgrades the hard disk capacity. According to the configuration, 20GB disks are upgraded to 25GB for free, 30GB disks are upgraded to 50GB for free, 48GB disks are upgraded to 80GB for free, and so on. That is to say, the higher the configuration, the more free hard disk space you will get.

After the upgrade, we tested the original data and found that it ran normally. However, as can be seen from the above figure, the free 5GB is not loaded into the existing space.

For capacity expansion, power off before operation. Again, the data is his own. Lao Wei doesn't know whether the original data will be cleaned up without actually expanding the capacity. If you want to expand the capacity, you must back up the data before operating the following steps.

Click the name of the disk (or the edit button on the right) to enter the Edit Disk interface. Enter 25088 according to the prompt to enjoy the 25GB capacity.

If you want to upgrade the Linode hard disk completely, you need to do another step of disk expansion. This is why many friends have received 25GB of capacity, but the usable capacity has not increased.

At present, Linode is used in China. In terms of price, it starts at $5 a month. It is very affordable to charge by time. Tokyo 2, JP (Tokyo computer room) and Fremont, CA (Fremont computer room in the United States) have good speed in China, and the latter is recommended.