Last Updated: Jan 15, 2026
Introduction
Resizing a shared disk is now possible in Crusoe Cloud. You can use the UI, or CLI with this command to resize your disk.
crusoe storage disks resize <name> --size <size>These are some Frequently Asked Questions that you may ask before resizing any shared disk.
Question 1: Will disk resizing interrupt any ongoing jobs?
Answer
The resizing operation of the Shared Disk can be done while the VM is up and running. Hence it is not expected to cause any interruption for your jobs.
Question 2: Can I downsize my disk to any value?
Answer
You can downsize a disk to a size that is below the original provisioned size, but not below the current usage of the disk.
Example: Create a disk with 5 TB size. You end up using 3TB of data on that disk. You decide that 5TB is not required for your application so you can downsize it to 4TB. That being said, since you have 3TB of usage, you cannot lower the disk size to anything below 3TB.
Question 3: Do I get billed for the provisioned size or for the actual usage?
Answer
The billing is done based on the provisioned size. That's why it is wiser to provision only a disk size that you will use.
Question 4: If custom Quality of Service (QoS) are applied to my disk, what will happen when I resize it?
Answer
Resizing operations currently clear any custom QoS settings. To prevent performance degradation, please contact Crusoe Customer support to assist during the resize operation.
Question 5: Will resizing my disk improve my I/O performance?
Answer:
Not necessarily, for example if the bottleneck is in the software framework. Furthermore, if QoS settings are not manually restored after a resize, you may experience extreme write latency as the disk reverts to default settings.