create-new-volume
A volume is a shared storage allocated to a model to persist its weights, allowing multiple pods using the same model to load the weights from storage instead of re-downloading them.
You must have the System Administrator role to access the System Admin Control Panel and perform these operations.
You can start requesting a Custom GPU Pool from different entry points in the system.
Entry Point A: Start from Create Volume Screen
From the System Admin Control Panel, click **Model **in the main navigation. Then, in the left-side navigation, select Create Volume:

Entry Point B: Start from Volume List Screen
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From the System Admin Control Panel, click **Model **in the main navigation. Then, in the left-side navigation, select Volume List:

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On the Volume List screen, click the + Create Volume button at the top-right corner of the screen.
Common Steps (Applied to all entry points)
- Fill in the **Create Volume **form:

Basic Configuration:
- Cluster: Choose the cluster where you want the volume to be created.
- Namespace:
- Choose the namespace used to manage and isolate the volume resources.
- Namespace is enabled only after a Cluster is selected; only namespaces belonging to the selected cluster are displayed.
- Storage Size:
- Enter the storage size.
- Units: Gi, Mi
- StorageClass:
- Choose the storage type or disk configuration that the cluster will use to provision the volume.
- StorageClass is enabled only after a Cluster is selected; only StorageClass supported by the selected cluster are displayed.
Select Model:
- Project: Choose the project to which the volume and model belong.
- Model:
- Choose the model that uses this volume.
- Model is enabled only after a Project is selected; only models under the selected project are displayed.
- Tag:
- Choose the model tag (version).
- Tag is enabled only after a Model is selected; only tags corresponding to the selected model are displayed.
After a model is selected, the selected model information is displayed on the right side:

- After completing the form, click Save to create Volume. In case you want to discard the changes, click Cancel.