Network File Storage Limits
Last verified 25 Jun 2026
Network File Storage is a fully managed, POSIX-compliant file storage solution built for demanding workloads like AI/ML pipelines, containerized applications, and DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) clusters. It provides scalable, high-throughput shared storage that simplifies storage management for distributed applications.
- Standard Tier shares must be at least 50 GiB. High Performance Tier shares must be at least 500 GiB. All shares can be no more than 32 TiB (32,768 GiB). Customers who need larger share sizes or higher performance can contact support.
- You can increase a share’s storage size at any time, but you cannot reduce it.
- You can mount a share on up to 32 clients at once. If you need to connect more than 32 clients, contact support or your account team.
- You can upgrade a share from Standard to High Performance at any time without interruption. You cannot downgrade from High Performance to Standard.
- You can attach a share to up to 10 VPC networks at a time, all within the same region.
- You can only move shares between VPC networks within the same region.
- You can only mount a share on Droplets and DOKS clusters in a VPC network that the share or one of its access points is attached to.
- You cannot mount shares across VPC peering connections.
- You cannot mount shares across Partner Network Connect attachments.
- All access points provide read and write access. There is no read-only access point option.
- You cannot edit an access point. To change an access point, delete it and create a new one.
- Each share can have up to 5 snapshots.
- Backups are not supported.