Clone or upgrade an SFS

Cloning and upgrading both start from a snapshot, and each creates a new SFS holding the snapshot’s files. A clone gives you a copy, to test on or to move into another VPC. An upgrade gives you the same files on a bigger plan, with more space and IOPS. The original SFS stays in your list.

A clone or an upgrade of an encrypted SFS starts unencrypted. To get an encrypted copy, create a new SFS with Enable Encryption checked, then copy your files to it.

Before you begin

Take a snapshot of the SFS first, or pick one you already have; see Create and schedule an SFS snapshot. The new SFS holds the files as they were when that snapshot was taken.

Clone or upgrade it

1. Open the SFS and go to its Snapshot tab.
2. Open the snapshot’s Actions menu and click Clone or Upgrade.
3. The create form opens. For a clone, set the name and VPC; the clone keeps the original’s plan. Pick another VPC to move the SFS there, for example into the Default VPC so it can use backup. Enable Encryption has no effect here, so leave it as it is. For an upgrade, also pick one of the plans bigger than the current one.
4. Click Clone SFS or Upgrade SFS.

The new SFS is ready once it reads Available. The original reads Blocked while the new one is created.

If the SFS is already on the largest plan, Upgrade tells you so; you can still clone it.

Next, give your nodes access to the new SFS and mount it; see Mount an SFS.