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name: vpc-bare_metal_server_storage
title: Storage overview for Bare Metal Servers for VPC
description: All profiles of Bare Metal Servers for VPC provide one 0.96 TB SATA M.2 mirrored SSD as the boot disk. Profile `bx2d-metal-96x384` provides an extra set of NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) U.2 solid-state drives (SSD) as secondary local storage. NVMe SSDs provides fast and affordable storage to support options such as VMware vSAN, or customer-managed RAID.
last-updated: 2026-08-14
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Storage overview for Bare Metal Servers for VPC
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All profiles of Bare Metal Servers for VPC provide one 0.96 TB SATA M.2 mirrored SSD as the boot disk. Profile `bx2d-metal-96x384` provides an extra set of NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) U.2 solid-state drives (SSD) as secondary local storage. NVMe SSDs provides fast and affordable storage to support options such as VMware vSAN, or customer-managed RAID.
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Storage for Bare Metal Servers for VPC is unmanaged. You are responsible for encryption and backing up your data.
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File Storage for VPC is a compatible network-attached storage solution for Bare Metal Servers for VPC that are provisioned after 31 August 2023. For more information, see [About File Storage for VPC](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vpc?topic=vpc-file-storage-vpc-about&format=markdown).

The following network-attached storage is not supported:
* Block Storage for VPC