Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About File System
Updated on April 8, 2025These are the frequently asked questions for Vultr File System volume.
Install the virtio-win driver for Windows and the WinFsp package to create a dedicated virtiofs service that manages VFS volumes attached to your Windows instance. You may need to reboot your instance after installing the required software packages to apply the system changes.
Yes, you can attach Vultr File System Volumes to a Windows instance at the same time with a Linux-based instance. Ensure to install all required software packages on Windows, then verify that you can read and write files on the VFS volume when mounted.
Yes, you can attach multiple Vultr Cloud Compute instances to a single Vultr File System volume provided the instance and the volume are in the same Vultr location.
Vultr File System volumes support virtiofs, a shared file system that allows Vultr Cloud Compute instances to share directories with the underlying host efficiently, typically for use cases like shared storage or collaboration between the host and the VMs.
Yes, you can resize a Vultr File System volume. Open the Vultr File System volume's management page, click Usage, enter a new capacity, and click Update to resize the volume.
No, you cannot attach Vultr Cloud Compute instances in different Vultr locations to a Vultr File System volume. The instance and the volume must be in the same Vultr location.
Open your target Vultr File System volume's management page and click Attachments to view all Vultr Cloud Compute instances attached to the volume.