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# Block Storage

With IONOS Cloud Block Storage, you can quickly provision Dedicated Core Servers, vCPU Servers, Cloud Cubes, and other Infrastructure-as-a-Service [<mark style="color:blue;">IaaS</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/support/general-information/glossary-of-terms#iaas) offerings. Refer to our user guides and FAQs to support your hosting needs.

Block Storage also supports images and snapshots. Images are further classified into public and private images. IONOS contains a collection of different types of public images that can be instantly used or you can also upload your private images via the [<mark style="color:blue;">File Transfer Protocol (FTP)</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/support/general-information/glossary-of-terms#file-transfer-protocol-ftp). You can also create snapshots of provisioned block storages and in turn, use them for storage purposes.

## Product Overview

Get an overview of Block Storage, supported storage types, and images and snapshots.

| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Block Storage**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/AMiYziCllTKB2y2lmONY/storage-and-backup/block-storage/overview.md) |
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## Recommended How-Tos

Get started with Block Storage via the DCD.

| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Set User Privileges**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/AMiYziCllTKB2y2lmONY/storage-and-backup/block-storage/resource-access-control.md) | Manage User Access to various storage elements.                          |
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| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Block Storage**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/AMiYziCllTKB2y2lmONY/storage-and-backup/block-storage/block-storage.md)                 | Learn how to set up additional block storage for your virtual instances. |
| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Images and Snapshots**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/AMiYziCllTKB2y2lmONY/storage-and-backup/block-storage/images-snapshots.md)       | Upload your own images or use those supplied by IONOS Cloud.             |

## Developer Tools

Get started with Block Storage via the tools.

| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Cloud API**</mark>](https://api.ionos.com/docs/cloud/v6/) | [<mark style="color:blue;">**Compute SDKs**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/reference/#compute-engine-sdks) | [<mark style="color:blue;">**Config Management Tools**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/reference/general-information/config-management-tools) |
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## Frequently Asked Questions

| To get answers to the most commonly encountered questions about Block Storage, see [<mark style="color:blue;">**Block Storage - Frequently Asked Questions**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/AMiYziCllTKB2y2lmONY/storage-and-backup/block-storage/block-storage-faq.md). |
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