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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​

  • From the System Admin Control Panel, click **Model **in the main navigation. Then, in the left-side navigation, select Volume List:

  • 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)​

  1. 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:

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