scaleway · SamyOubouaziz · Oct 17, 2025 · Oct 10, 2025 · Oct 10, 2025 · Oct 10, 2025
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ macro: block-storage-volume-types
 
 | Volume type                   | IOPS | Underlying hardware         | Latency         | Max volume size | Recommended use cases | Availability & resilience |
 |-----------------------------------|----------|--------------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|
-| `b_ssd` (Block Storage 5K legacy) | 5,000    | Legacy SSDs                    | High              | Up to 10 TB          | General-purpose workloads that do not demand high IOPS or low latency | Data is replicated three times across multiple disks for high availability and integrity |
-| `sbs_5k` (Block Low Latency 5K)   | 5,000    | Modern NVMe disks               | Low                 | 5 GB to 10 TB        | Development environments, web servers, and applications needing consistent performance | 99.99% SLA, triple-replicated data to safeguard against hardware failures |
-| `sbs_15k` (Block Low Latency 15K) | 15,000   | Modern NVMe disks               | Very low           | 5 GB to 10 TB        | High-performance databases, transactional applications, and I/O-intensive workloads | 99.99% SLA, triple-replicated data to safeguard against hardware failures |
+| `b_ssd` (Block Storage legacy) | 5,000    | Legacy SSDs                    | High              | Up to 10 TB          | General-purpose workloads that do not demand high IOPS or | Data is replicated three times across multiple disks for high availability and integrity |
+| `sbs_5k` (Block 5K)   | 5,000    | Modern NVMe disks               | Low                 | 5 GB to 10 TB        | Development environments, web servers, and applications needing consistent performance | 99.99% SLA, triple-replicated data to safeguard against hardware failures |
+| `sbs_15k` (Block 15K) | 15,000   | Modern NVMe disks               | Very low           | 5 GB to 10 TB        | High-performance databases, transactional applications, and I/O-intensive workloads | 99.99% SLA, triple-replicated data to safeguard against hardware failures |
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+---
+title: Increasing the size of a partition
+description: Learn how to increase the size of a partition within a Block Storage volume
+tags: volume block-storage block resize growpart increase size
+dates:
+  validation: 2025-10-13
+  posted: 2019-11-29
+---
+import Requirements from '@macros/iam/requirements.mdx'
+
+The `growpart` utility allows you to resize partitions. If you have increased the size of the partition's underlying volume, for example, you can increase the size of the partition to make use of the additional space.
+
+<Requirements />
+
+- A Scaleway account logged into the [console](https://console.scaleway.com)
+- [Owner](/iam/concepts/#owner) status or [IAM permissions](/iam/concepts/#permission) allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
+- An [Instance](/instances/concepts/#instance)
+- [Attached](/block-storage/how-to/attach-a-volume/) an additional Block Storage volume to your Instance
+
+<Message type="important">
+  - Make sure to make a backup of your data using the [snapshot](/block-storage/how-to/create-a-snapshot/) feature beforehand to avoid any potential data loss
+  - You must have partitioned your volume to follow the procedure below
+  - If the partition you want to resize is mounted, you must [unmount it](/block-storage/api-cli/unmounting-a-volume/) beforehand
+</Message>
+
+1. Connect to your Instance using [SSH](/instances/how-to/connect-to-instance/).
+
+2. Use the `lsblk` command to identify your volume partition. Ensure that the partition is **not mounted before you resize it**. In the following example, we are resizing `sdb1`:
+
+    ```
+    root@scw-festive-agnesi:~# lsblk
+    NAME    MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
+    sda       8:0    0  23.3G  0 disk
+    ├─sda1    8:1    0  23.2G  0 part /
+    ├─sda14   8:14   0     4M  0 part
+    └─sda15   8:15   0   106M  0 part /boot/efi
+    sdb       8:16   0 38.6G  0 disk
+    └─sdb1    8:17   0 18.6G  0 part
+    ```
+
+3. Use `growpart` to increase the partition size of your Block Storage volume (here `sdb1`):
+
+    ```
+    # Replace /dev/sdX 1 with the name of your partition
+    growpart /dev/sdX 1
+    ```
+
+    An output similar to the following displays:
+
+    ```
+    CHANGED: partition=1 start=0 old: size=39061504 end=39061504 new: size=58490880 end=58490880
+    ```
+
+4. Use `lsblk` to check that the partition was correctly resized. In the following output, you can see that our partition `sbd1` went from `18.6G` (step 2) to `27.9G`.
+    ```
+    root@scw-festive-agnesi:~# lsblk
+    NAME    MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
+    sda       8:0    0 18.6G  0 disk
+    ├─sda1    8:1    0 18.5G  0 part /
+    ├─sda14   8:14   0    4M  0 part
+    └─sda15   8:15   0  106M  0 part /boot/efi
+    sdb       8:16   0 27.9G  0 disk
+    └─sdb1    8:17   0 27.9G  0 part
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Increasing the size of Block Storage volumes via the Scaleway API
 description: This page explains how to increase the size of a Block Storage volume using the Scaleway API.
 tags: increase expand increment raise storage volume block
 dates:
-  validation: 2025-09-17
+  validation: 2025-10-13
   posted: 2025-03-04
 ---
 import Requirements from '@macros/iam/requirements.mdx'

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+---
+title: Transferring local data to a Block Storage volume
+description: This page explains how to transfer local data to a Block Storage volume mounted to a Scaleway Instance.
+tags: copy transfer upload rsync ftp send data file local fylesystem
+dates:
+  validation: 2025-10-10
+  posted: 2025-10-10
+---
+import Requirements from '@macros/iam/requirements.mdx'
+
+You can transfer files from your local machine to your Instance's remote Block volume with [rsync](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync), a tool for efficiently transferring and copying files. The rsync utility is pre-installed on most Linux distributions and macOS.
+
+<Requirements />
+
+- A Scaleway account logged into the [console](https://console.scaleway.com)
+- [Owner](/iam/concepts/#owner) status or [IAM permissions](/iam/concepts/#permission) allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
+- An [Instance](/instances/concepts/#instance)
+- [Attached](/block-storage/how-to/attach-a-volume/) a Block Storage volume to your Instance
+- Installed [Rsync](https://rsync.samba.org/)
+
+1. Check that rsync is installed on your local machine with the following command:
+    ```
+    rsync --version
+    ```
+
+    An output similar to the following displays:
+
+    ```sh no-copy
+    rsync  version 3.1.3  protocol version 31
+    ```
+
+2. Run the following command to transfer the file to your Instance's mounted block volume. Ensure that you use your own Instance's IP address:
+
+    ```
+    rsync -a path/to/file.txt root@<your_instance_ip>:/mnt/block-volume
+    ```
+
+3. The file is now transferred. Connect to your Instance again, then run the command below to check that your file is present in your Block Storage volume:
+
+    ```bash
+    ls /mnt/block-volume
+    ```
+
+Refer to the [official Rsync documentation](https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync.1#OPTION_SUMMARY) for more information on the different options available.
@@ -3,14 +3,11 @@ title: Unmounting a Block Storage volume
 description: Learn how to safely unmount a Block Storage volume from your Instance, and ensure data integrity.
 tags: volume block-storage block unmount
 dates:
-  validation: 2025-06-09
+  validation: 2025-10-10
   posted: 2023-11-23
 ---
 import Requirements from '@macros/iam/requirements.mdx'
 
-
-## Unmounting a Block Storage volume
-
 Unmounting a volume means detaching it from the operating system so it is no longer accessible. You can do this if you want to stop using it, prevent data corruption, or plan to [detach it](/block-storage/how-to/detach-a-volume/) from your Instance and attach it to another. This page shows you how to unmount a volume from the operating system using the `umount` command.
 
 <Requirements />

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import StorageBootOnBlock from '@macros/storage/boot-on-block.mdx'
 
 IOPS or Input/Ouptut Operations Per Second, is a unit of measurement that indicates how many read/write operations a storage device is performing per second.
 
-Scaleway Block Storage Low Latency offers two IOPS limits:
+Scaleway Block Storage offers two IOPS limits:
 
 - 5000 IOPS (5K IOPS)
 - 15 000 IOPS (15K IOPS)