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# Disk space expansion

The instruction is relevant in case of purchase of additional storage space for services at the Contabo location.

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Please note that expansion is possible within the same architecture (switching from **Name** to **Name** or from **SSD** to **SSD**). If you switch, for example, from an **NVMe** drive to an **SSD**, then a complete disk replacement with data deletion is required.
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Connect to the virtual server. Then we use the command to install the necessary software.

```
apt install cloud-utils -y
```

We get information about the used section of the system. In our example (and as a rule, on all Contabo VPS servers), this is sda3

```
mount | grep ' / '
```

We use commands to expand the drive.

```
sudo growpart /dev/sda 3
```

```
sudo resize2fs /dev/sda3
```

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In both cases, the digit »3» denotes the drive partition used. Replace with your value if necessary.
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