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title: "Connect a network volume to the server"
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description: "How to connect a network volume to a dedicated server"
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# Connect a network volume to the server

[Network volume](/block-storage/) — is a scalable external network block storage with triple data replication. Triple replication of disk volumes ensures high data integrity. It is suitable for rapidly scaling server disk space.

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For more information, see [General information about the Network Volumes product](/block-storage/about/about-block-storage.mdx).

1. [Create a network volume](#create-block-storage).
2. [Connect a network volume to the server](#connect-block-storage-to-server).

## 1. Create a network volume \{#create-block-storage}

To create a network volume, follow the instructions [Create network volume](/block-storage/manage/create-block-storage.mdx).

## 2. Connect a network volume to the server \{#connect-block-storage-to-server}

To connect a network volume to a server, use the following instructions:

* [connect a network volume to a server running Linux OS](/block-storage/manage/connect-block-storage-to-linux.mdx);
* [connect a network volume to a server running Proxmox OS](/block-storage/manage/connect-block-storage-to-proxmox.mdx);
* [connect a network volume to a server running Windows OS](/block-storage/manage/connect-block-storage-to-windows.mdx);
* [connect a network volume to a dedicated server with VMware ESXi hypervisor](/block-storage/manage/connect-block-storage-to-esxi.mdx).

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